eSata Port multiplier support? I am looking at this board to host a SANS DIGITAL TR5M-B 5 Bay SATA to eSATA encosure with a 4 or5 drive raid. Does anybody know ... if this eSata will support port multipliers or if the Wifi Card (which consumes the only expansion slot) can be removed to gain access to it?. I can't seem to find this info so I am probably looking in the wrong place... Thanks! eSata Port multiplier support? I am looking at this board to host a SANS DIGITAL TR5M-B 5 Bay SATA to eSATA encosure with a 4 or5 drive raid. Does anybody know ... if this eSata will support port... » Read More eSata Port multiplier support? I am looking at this board to host a SANS DIGITAL TR5M-B 5 Bay SATA to eSATA encosure with a 4 or5 drive raid. Does anybody know ... if this eSata will support port multipliers or if the Wifi Card (which consumes the only expansion slot) can be removed to gain access to it?. I can't seem to find this info so I am probably looking in the wrong place... Thanks! « Show Less
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Hey I actually have the exact same question. I just bought a TR4M to go with this board. What were your findings? I just tried booting it (I'm running Ubuntu off a thumb drive) and the system hung for a while before presenting me with a laundry list of conflicts. I'm curious, did you try this out? What did you end up doing?Thankya!
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So far it isn't looking good. The wifi is not removable and the eSata is not, as Kaerlo Michael Dulay said, PM ready. I am now also researching external port multiplier solutions - eSata, to external multiplier to external enclosure. Kind of a kludge though. I will post back when (if) I get anything new.
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Hi there !Can anybody tell me wether the eSata ports are "powered" on this board or do I need to use the "on the side" USB plug to get the power ? I'm running XBMC and Ubuntu with GREAT SUCCESS, laughing at 1080p decoding using VDPAU acceleration.I'm wondering about booting up from an OCZ OCZESATATHR8G 8GB eSATA Throttle Series Solid State Drive ( OCZ Technology 8 GB Throttle Series eSATA Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZESATATHR8G )but I'm not sure if I need to power it with the usb-port or if it's enough just to plug into the eSata slot ?! ( This OCZ Throttle has an extra usb-connector ... not only eSAta )Anybody know ?rgd,EE. Hi there !Can anybody tell me wether the eSata ports are "powered" on this board or do I need to use the "on the side" USB plug to get the power ? I'm running XBMC and Ubuntu with GREAT SUCCESS, laughing at 1080p decoding using VDPAU acceleration.I'm wondering about booting up from an OCZ OCZESATATHR8G 8GB eSATA Throttle Series Solid State Drive ( OCZ Technology 8 GB Throttle Series eSATA Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZESATATHR8G )but I'm not sure if I need to power it with the usb-port or if... » Read More Hi there !Can anybody tell me wether the eSata ports are "powered" on this board or do I need to use the "on the side" USB plug to get the power ? I'm running XBMC and Ubuntu with GREAT SUCCESS, laughing at 1080p decoding using VDPAU acceleration.I'm wondering about booting up from an OCZ OCZESATATHR8G 8GB eSATA Throttle Series Solid State Drive ( OCZ Technology 8 GB Throttle Series eSATA Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZESATATHR8G )but I'm not sure if I need to power it with the usb-port or if it's enough just to plug into the eSata slot ?! ( This OCZ Throttle has an extra usb-connector ... not only eSAta )Anybody know ?rgd,EE. « Show Less
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E-sata appears not to support PM. I just tried a Thermaltake BlacX Duet which requires a port multiplier and it only saw the first drive. Oh well.
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Hi. I had this item and due to MY own stupidity in the placement of some coffee, well, I need another. I realize this is a late answer, but just in case you have not purchased one yet: When you say "must be read together", it sounds like you're running either a RAID 0 (Striping) or RAID 1 (Mirroring") solution, but even if not, the product description answers your question: Read & Write 2 Hard Drives simultaneously (Note: Device's eSATA must support the "port multiplier" function to see both drives, USB will automatically detect) The portion marked "NOTE" is especially important... A local Big Box store has them on a sale ending today, but I prefer buying from Amazon so thought I'd check if they offer it. They do, so I'm purchasing my replacement today. I've used only Thermaltake power supplies for years, and their name on any product is a thumbs up to purchase :)
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There's nothing OS-specific about the enclosure, anything with eSATA "port multiplier" support should work fine.
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I added one of these to expand my internal storage space pool with simple mirror (6, 3TB SATA III drives). I added 4 more 3TB drives to the ProBox and added them to the pool. I first tried using eSATA, but could not get it to work reliably. I'm not sure if the eSATA issue is with ProBox or my eSATA card, but I switched over to USB3 and it's been working fine ever since. In fact, I'm going to buy a second ProBox to backup the storage pool. I've been using an 8-bay SansDigital for backup, but the drives frequently disconnect from the USB3 bus, so I can't rely on it as a backup device, whereas the ProBox has never disconnected the drives. I added one of these to expand my internal storage space pool with simple mirror (6, 3TB SATA III drives). I added 4 more 3TB drives to the ProBox and added them to the pool. I first tried using eSATA, but could not get it to work reliably. I'm not sure if the eSATA issue is with ProBox or my eSATA card, but I switched over to USB3 and it's been working fine ever since. In fact, I'm going to buy a second ProBox to backup the storage pool. I've been using an 8-bay SansDigital for backup, but the drives frequently disconnect from the USB3 bus, so I can't rely on it as a backup device, whereas... » Read More I added one of these to expand my internal storage space pool with simple mirror (6, 3TB SATA III drives). I added 4 more 3TB drives to the ProBox and added them to the pool. I first tried using eSATA, but could not get it to work reliably. I'm not sure if the eSATA issue is with ProBox or my eSATA card, but I switched over to USB3 and it's been working fine ever since. In fact, I'm going to buy a second ProBox to backup the storage pool. I've been using an 8-bay SansDigital for backup, but the drives frequently disconnect from the USB3 bus, so I can't rely on it as a backup device, whereas the ProBox has never disconnected the drives. « Show Less
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If the Netgear supports the port multiplier standard then it will work. The SATA chip function is handled by the IPQ8064 Qualcomm processor. I did some looking and can't find anywhere that it specifically supports port multipliers. I guess the only way to know would be to plug into the R7500 and see if it shows one drive or more. FYI, any card that supports the port multiplier standard will work. I ended up buying a Silicon Image 3132 because the RocketRaid card that came with my SansDigital enclosure was not supported by FreeBSD.
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The USB 3.0 chip-set supports sATA, so, no they are internal sATA ports for expansion drives not pass through for the EsATA.
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Hello-I am desperately seeking assistance with my SA8300HD in use with my WD My DVR Expander. I have been using the expander successfully with this box for about a year and a half. Recently Time Warner "upgraded" my area (Austin, TX) with the Navigator interface. After that all seemed to be lost. I had over 150 shows recorded for future viewing all gone. Multiple calls and emails later I was given contradictory information. First I was told that the SATA port would no longer work for the expander. Today I was told that it could be used but only for storage when the dvr is full. No instructions on how to use it in that manner (to switch recordings to the expander or back again) and of course the usual TW company line about not supporting any issues with the expander. Any low tech information about how this might work or what to do would be truly appreciated. Also I just kind of tripped onto this forum while looking for information so a response to my email address would get the information to me more directly or at least point me back to this forum. I am on my phone typing this and it doesn't show me the url where I got started. Thanks so much in advance, Kathy (ksilb@austin.rr.com)
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I have a router with an eSATA port that can used for a media drive. Can this HD be used in an eSATA stand alone enclosure with an 80mm fan for cooling? Thank you in advance for any information.
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This box holds 4 drives, you can add an additional drive housing that can handle 4-10 more drives via eSATA. This unit supports 4Tb drives in Windows (I'm using WHS which is based on Server 2003). I have it wired to my router, but there are slots so you could theoretically add a wireless network card (wouldn't recommend a USB one due to speed). I'm using WHS with Stablebit DrivePool to make the drives all appear as a single pool, but you should keep in mind that Microsoft has EOL'd WHS 2011.
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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.
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This card supports RAID-0 and RAID-1 only setup. It does not support RAID-5
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It supports RAID 0 with excellent performance. That is my current configuration. Note that there is no fault tolerance with RAID 0 so you need to regularly backup your data.
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Don't have exactly such an experience, but this is one among not many (if not the only!) capable to connect multi-drive bays with spawned (e)SATA. Have connected self-made 5 drives bay, worked fine.However, i would advice you to ask Drobo's tech support regarding tech specs requirement and if their boxes either provide multi-drive (spawned SATA), or single logical RAID-drive on eSATA port.
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I purchased the 2-drive version, but if the same thing applies to this as other 4-drive NAS's, you'll want to install them at least in pairs (if doing RAID 0 or 1). If you're going to want RAID 5 (and if the 4-drive unit supports it, which I assume it does), you'll want to install all 4 for best results. Edit: The 4-drive NAS's I've used only allow for 2 arrays, so don't plan on having 4 separate single-drive arrays.
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1) I've never seen anything like that -- and I check regularly for USB 3 cards (and also SATA III cards). 2) It is EXTREMELY unlikely ANYONE puts out a card that will do RAID with ESATA (as opposed to internal SATA). RAID is set up under the assumption that all the disks will be treated as a single unit. I don't know of anyone who would be using EXTERNAL drives for RAID. 3) Keep in mind that this is PCIe x ONE, not 4 or 8 or 16. That means it has limited bandwidth. You MIGHT be able to find a PCIe-x1 card that can handle 2-disk MIRRORED RAID (I think that's RAID 10), but with more disks (i.e., striping as opposed to mirroring), an x1 card probably couldn't handle the throughput of modern drives. You could still read and write to the drives, but there would be no speed advantage to using multi-disk striped RAID.
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I have 2 (two) 8TB Seagate 3.5" hard drive in it and both works flawlessly, writing at the same time using a single eSATA interface. So with 4TB only 50% of my capacity per drive, it will support. In fact, I don't think it's the box's job to claim what it supports, it's just a marketing ploy and as you can see it's outdated. 6TB and 8TB drives are out now and they work.
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the SATA port is required to plug into a empty mother board SATA plug for this card to work and come's with a burned disk with just a random 3.0 controller's this card is vary cheap ive been building custom PC's for about 12-14 years and i coundent even get it to work with esata or USB 3.0 i recommend this kind of setup with your rig but not this Generic Combo spend the money to buy a better one that runs out of the PCI express 1X its plenty fast so there's no reason to loss a mother board sata when your trying to expand your PC i Have 8 sata's and Esata im using all of them for my gaming rig & media server so i wasn't able to use this card