Does this have a port multiplier so I can connect an eSATA 4 bay enclosure and the computer will see all drives?
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Hi, that depends on the configuration of your drives, if it raid 0,1 or 5, then it should see as a single drive, else, it wont be possible to see all the drives
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As I understand it, port-multiplier on this unit refers to the fact that they can be daisy chained using the e-sata port to other NAS units. You will probably connect the unit to your computer or router through the USB port, which work perfectly. Even if you don't have enough existing USB ports you can cheaply buy and external USB hub. I have the 2 Bay unit and have it configured as RAID 1. I am very happy with the unit and have had no problems. I am not sure if you are using PC or Mac but on my Mac it took less than 5 minutes to configure the unit and have it ready to use. I would recommend using "red" drives. I bought WD red 2 Terr drives from Ebay. Everything works great. I hope this answers your question and helps. Harry Riley
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From the enclosure's official website:http://oyendigital.com/hard-drives/store/EN3-M.html"This model is capable of powering from an eSATAp port using a single cable connection (requires eSATA + DC power cable)."The cables included with this product are:1x USB 3.0 cable1x power to USB Y-cable1x eSATA cableYou will have to purchase the eSATAp cable separately, however.eSATA to eSATA + DC Input Power Cable
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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.
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power adapter, its a 3.5 enclosure... esata never worked on mine for some reason, and i dont like the direction of the fan pulling in dust right on to the middle of my drive, ive had a drive fail in this case and that might have been why, im not sure though
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It comes with 4 trays, one for each bay. Ensure your drives are compatible, though, by checking the netgear site.
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I am using it just for that. I have the eSATA side connected to the exterior eSATA port in the back to an internal SATA HD inside the case. THe SATA HD is powered by the SATA Power connector.
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Not sure where to get one but it does have an eSATA port and 2 Firewire 800 ports you can use also. I would email the support at G-Tech for assistance.
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I was wondering the same question, and did think about your answer too, and I realised this has to be the case, even though I haven't received the enclosure yet, it doesn't look like it has a power input. So I take it that I can safely buy any eSata cable...
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It turns out the SATA port is just a pass through for the eSata port on the outside of the card. There is no built in SATA port on this board.
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It has several sata connectors. Probably more than you will ever need unless your building a 12+ disk nas or something similar.
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Although the item in question does have both an eSata port as well as an internal Sata port, unfortunately you must sacrifice the internal Sata port in which you have available to you only to allow it as use for a pass-through to the external eSata port as, without this pass-through, the eSata port would not function.
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No it does not. However, Amazon does sell a dual bay like these that does. However, it is USB 2.0, eSata, IDE, not USB 3.0. That's important because even eSata 2 is as fast as the drives connected to it, but USB 2.0, is an incredible bottle neck. If that same unit had USB 3.0, I wouldn't have purchased this item. The way it works, is it has an IDE plug on the side of it, which connects to a USB cable and the drive, and thus it doesn't sit in the toaster like SATA drives do.
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No. power is provided via USB 2.0 connection when using eSATA. All cables are supplied.
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Yes, it can powered all the drives at same time. But this can't use as network media server.
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I contacted startech & they said it will work with up to 6 drives per port with multiport external bays. SO a a total of 12 drivers per card will work. They said they have tested & has been verified. I have 2 mediasonic non raid bays i will try to see if it works when i get the card
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It does support enclosures with port multipliers. However, it only supports 1 port multiplier. I have a Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 PRORAID 4 Bay 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Enclosure - USB 3.0 & eSATA connected to it and it works fine. However, if I connect a second one, it doesn't see the second one. You can connect a single eSATA drive to the second port as long as it doesn't have a port multiplier. So, the short answer is that you can only connect one device with a port multiplier.