does this require both esata cables to access all 8 drives or can I get away with one cable? my server has one esata port and no expansion slots.
518448
Yes. Two ESATA cables required.This device contains two Sil3726/3826 SATA Port Multipliers each for 4 HDD.
518449
There are TWO esata inputs - each input utilizes 4 drives each. So you'd need two cables to run all of them.
518450
Yes, it does require two ESATA ports. However, it comes with a PCIe RAID card which is installed in the server, so you're lack of ESATA ports isn't an issue.
518451
I do believe that you need both cables to get all 8 drives. I think it is 4 per but I have not tested as I only have 4 drives at this time.
109248
No eSATA cable... I thought an eSATA card came with it. Guess I'll have to find one.
843525
IDE and PATA are the same thing, so I don't understand why you'd want to use a SATA cable to connect two opposite-from-the-cable, but same drives. If it's because of looks, then just sleeve the IDE cables using split-loom tubing. If you still must, then you'd need TWO adapters, and not like this one. Also, all kinds of these adapters are very flaky. They work with some drives, and others they will not. There is no way of knowing unless you can find someone that's using your exact same drives. Among several variables, it's the chipset of the drive that usually determines this.
1430417
It needs an esata interface. Lots of them (especially the ones built into motherboards) are buggy or don't perform well. So I have an addon card.
872545
Unable to answer exact question. I installed a WD green 3.5" 2TB Sata drive and it works fine. I did have to install the Gigabit driver before the Mother Board would see its eSATA ports.
192064
I think probably not. I think the eSATA cable is only for data. My own setup has a second plug to draw power from the USB 3.0 port for the drive.Hmmm, the Wikipedia entry says that eSATA cannot supply power..."However, eSATA connectors cannot supply power, and require a power supply for the external device. The related eSATAp (but mechanically incompatible, sometimes called eSATA/USB) connector adds power to an external SATA connection, so that an additional power supply is not needed."
145104
I have a brand new laptop with an esata port. This enclosure does recognize my external drive via the USB connection, but won't recognize by esata cable. I followed the instructions to use the USB cable for power, and even tried plugging in to a second USB port as suggested, in case one port wasn't supplying enough power.I'm trying to get through to their online support page, but so far no luck. So I'm up in the air for now.
1678777
if you mean that you are working with less than 8 drives, yes, you can add other drives, one at a time (the system will do a rebuild of the array when you effectively add the new drive). Beyond 8 drives, you can only add other drives with the expansion unit. That means the USB and esata interfaces cannot be used for drives that are meant to be part of a RAID array. External drives (through usb and esata) can only be shared on their own, as individual volumes. And yes, all raid options are supposed to work with any number of drives. I started my array with 6 and soon went to add a 7th drive.
1651860
I know the USB3-to-USB3 cable is included; uncertain (too much time has passed) but I think eSATA is also included (never have used eSATA connection,but I seem to recall having two unused eSATA cables at home -- on the road for the next week!)
1667718
Sorry not sure to answer that, but giving you an idea. I use it to connect my 4 bay eSATA to my laptop USB 2.0 (which doesn't have port multiplier). My laptop can access all four drives on the enclosure. Hope this helps. Toshiba laptop, San Digital Tower Raid TR4M.
700393
I am only using the USB3 function of the card. I planned to use the SATA III port for possible future expansion. The set up I use is one USB3 port going to a Seagate 2 TB expansion hard drive (for backup and system images) and the other port to a USB3 hub. I chose this card because of the dual functionality and price.
1919575
Depends on the size of eSata drive you buy. I use an external NAS and copy it to the eSata and vice Versa. It's a great HTPC. You can just use the eSata however.
1956221
There's nothing OS-specific about the enclosure, anything with eSATA "port multiplier" support should work fine.
1777232
eSATA cable does not come with the drive. You can buy one separately for about $20. Figure that into your cost.
172340
I believe that only an eSata drive can be added to expand storage, in a RAID 0 configuration. What the limit is on that doesn't seem to be documented anywhere, but I'd assume at least 1TB. I haven't found any size limit for USB drives either, but since you can only copy to/from or backup/restore using USB drives that makes a huge drive of limited value anyway. I suspect the only way we'll know is to remove the internal drive, attach it to a PC, and see what filesystem the Mediashare uses. Sorry, wish I had a more helpful answer.
693099
You can buy two TS-412 and hook up to the same network - they will show up as two different NAS. You CANNOT buy two TS-412 and populate 4 HDD each and make it a 8 disk RAID-5 (7 data, 1 parity), if that's what you asked. Regarding the USB/ESATA ports, you can add drive from those ports but they will be mounted as an independent volume. You cannot pair them with internal bay and make a RAID. Only the internal 4 bays can be used as RAID.
2022773
Yes. The SATA ports are hot pluggable. The eSATA should be too but I haven't tested it.