 Home Members Only Membership Donations Reviews Store Mail List Legal  |
||
March 15, 2006
Dual Bay eSATA Enclosure & Disk Cloner
A review of the WiebeTech SilverSATA II Dual Bay SATA Enclosure (SISII-0)
WiebeTech is shipping the SilverSATA II dual bay external eSATA Serial ATA enclosure model SISII-0 ($379.95). The SilverSATA II has the ability to display both hard drives mounted in it as a single volume using its internal hardware RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) or it can mirror the hard drives and display the master drive on the desktop. The hardware RAID supports RAID 0 (Stripe mode) or RAID 1 (Mirror mode).
The body of the SilverSATA II enclosure is a very nice silver anodized aluminum design with curved edges. It has a small 2" by .65" LCD that displays the status of the hard drives when the enclosure is turned on and allows you to change hardware RAID types as well as monitor fan activity. The SilverSATA II uses an 8032 Microprocessor RAID ASIC chip to power its internal hardware RAID capabilities. The enclosures dimensions are 4.9" wide, 4.1" high and 8" deep. It weighs almost 4 pounds empty and once you install two 3.5" SATA hard drives into the WiebeTech SilverSATA II enclosure it weighs a little over 6 pounds. The SilverSATA II has a 70 watt switching power supply and provides both a 40mm and a 30mm cooling fan which are installed in the rear of the enclosure. Two 3.5" removable hot swap hard drive trays are used to mount each hard drive inside the enclosure. Each drive tray has a drive activity light mounted on the right side. These same drive trays can also be utilized in the SilverSATA I and the SilverSATA V enclosures.The WiebeTech SilverSATA II provides sector by sector SATA disk duplication functions that usually cost almost as much by themselves. It provides a professional looking station for disk duplication and/or for use as a RAID1 mirror setup that keeps your data backed up. The security of data redundancy that is provided with a Silver SATA II fault tolerant hard drive system is much greater than any single hard drive system. If you are looking for an easy and reliable RAID1 system that can also be used as a SATA disk duplication system, the SilverSATA II is my first choice.
JOIN AMUG!
If you would like to read the entire review join AMUG. Once your AMUG Membership is processed you will have access to the full review found in the AMUG Members ONLY area. In most cases, each full AMUG review provides a discussion of the products features, installation information, test results, Pro's and Con's plus an AMUG rating.
Contact Information:
WiebeTech LLC
8200 E. 34th St. North #1404
Wichita, KS 67226 USA
866.744.8722 Toll Free
http://www.wiebetech.com
Copyright 2006
Arizona Macintosh Users Group, Inc. (AMUG). Visit AMUG at www.amug.org for news, discounts and friends. JOIN AMUG!
Disclaimer:
AMUG writers are volunteers. Readers should understand that all AMUG reviewers have a specific idea of what makes a product great. This same criteria may not always apply to your specific needs. Product that is sent to AMUG for review is kept by AMUG for on going educational purposes, used to support volunteer activities, used for raffle, general meetings or sold. Links from the AMUG web site to Amazon, Newegg or other vendors may generate a small commission or credit for Arizona Macintosh Users Group, Inc. Should AMUG receive a commission or credit it is used to help fund AMUG services and operations.