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May 25, 2007
8 Bay Dual Port Multiplier eSATA Enclosure
A Review of the EnhanceBox E8-PM SATA PM Hot Swap 8-Bay Hard Drive Enclosure
Enhance Technology, Inc. is shipping the EnhanceBox E8 eight bay Serial ATA hard drive enclosure. It is available in two configurations, multilane (ML) or port multiplier (PM). The two models are identical with the exception that the EnhanceBox E8-ML ($595) provides a dual multilane interface and the EnhanceBox E8-PM ($699) includes a dual eSATA port multiplier interface. AMUG previously reviewed the E8-ML model which provides great RAID 5 performance when used with the HighPoint RocketRAID 2322 external Mini-SAS to PCIe SATA II RAID controller. In this article, the characteristics and performance of the EnhanceBox E8-PM model ($699) will be discussed.
The EnhanceBox E8-PM includes two internal SATA PM boards which support up to four hard drives per port multiplier. Two eSATA data ports 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. An internal universal 300 watt power supply with an ultra quiet 120mm fan powers the hard drives.
System Requirements
Works with any computer that supports an external SATA PM interface.
Supports Mac OS X and Windows XP.
Supports up to eight external 3.5" SATA hard drives.
One of the biggest issues with multibay hard drive enclosures is the acoustic noise levels that they can produce. The new EnhanceBox E8 design over comes this issue with a quiet power supply. Users that are looking for a large hard drive subsystem with good acoustic qualities will find the
EnhanceBox E8 is an excellent choice. It is difficult to find a high quality, eight drive, hot swap, dual port multiplier enclosure with all of the features that are included with the EnhanceBox E8-PM. Users that want to setup a large SATA PM RAID system will find the EnhanceBox E8 PM is an excellent choice. A list of resellers for the EnhanceBox E8 series can be found at this link.JOIN AMUG!
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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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