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March 16, 2007
Eight Bay RAID 5 for the Apple Mac Pro
A Review of the EnhanceBox E8-ML SATA Hot Swap Multilane Infiniband 8-Bay Hard Drive Enclosure
Enhance Technology, Inc. is shipping the EnhanceBox E8 8-bay Serial ATA hard drive enclosure. It is available in two configurations. The E8-ML ($595) model includes two multilane connectors on the rear of the enclosure. Each multilane connector supports up to four hard drives in a "direct connect" configuration. The E8-PM model ($699) includes two SATA PM boards which support up to four hard drives per SATA PM board. Two eSATA connectors are provided on the rear of the E8-PM. The EnhanceBox E8 features eight hot swap hard drive bays enclosed in a silver aluminum enclosure that is the same color as the Apple Mac Pro. It provides an internal universal 300 watt power supply that utilizes an ultra quiet 120mm fan.
The EnhanceBox E8 supports both SATA I and SATA II hard drives. The front access door displays a blue power light and a yellow status light when closed. Each drive bay has its own locking mechanism which supports a key. The enclosure measures 18" deep, 11.5" high and 5.9" wide. The EnhanceBox E8 weighs approximately 18 pounds empty and 29 pounds with eight Seagate 7200.10 320GB SATA II hard drives installed. It is compatible with Macintosh, Windows or Linux computers with a compatible multilane SATA host adapter.
System Requirements
Works with any computer with an external SATA interface.
Supports Mac OS X and Windows XP.
Supports up to eight external SATA 3.5" hard drives.
E8-ML requires multilane and E8-PM requires eSATA connections.
Using the EnhanceBox E8-ML with the RocketRAID 4322 provides a wonderful storage expansion solution. This combination includes an 8-bay quiet hard drive enclosure that uses a single PCIe card to control all of the hard drives mounted in the EnhanceBox E8-ML. Many Mac Pro users would like to have RAID 5 capability. The EnhanceBox E8-ML and the RocketRAID 4322 work together to make this possible. Mac Pro users looking for an eight bay, high performance storage system that works great with the RocketRAID 4322 will discover that the EnhanceBox E8-ML is an excellent choice.
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Contact Information:
Enhance Technology, Inc.
12221 Florence Ave.
Santa Fe Springs, CA. 90670 USA
Phone: 1-562-777-3488
http://www.enhance-tech.com/
info@enhance-tech.com
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