Maximise your storage capacity with four 3.5" SATA hard drives with the Hydra 4-Bay RAID enclosure. An ultra durable aluminium casing provides efficient heat dissipation, plus an extra large powerful rear fan keeps your hard drives cool during long hours of operation. Advanced RAID technology provides extra protection for all your valuable data content. The Hydra will surpass all your high performance storage needs.
4-Bay RAID Storage The Hydra is designed to house up to four 3.5" SATA hard drives with the option to setup your drives with different RAID configurations. Use it as a reliable backup for your important data with RAID 1/10, for optimal performance and speed with RAID 0 striping, or select RAID 5 for the perfect balance between high performance and data integrity. In case of a drive failure, the removable hot swap rack makes installing and replacing the hard drives quick and easy.
Versatile interface featuring eSATA, FireWire and USB all in one unit The Hydra Super-S Combo comes with a choice of four different interfaces all combined into one single unit. FireWire 800 and eSATA where maximizing transfer speed is most important and the more common FireWire 400 or high speed USB 2.0 connections for flexibility to access your data on workstations that do not offer the modern eSATA or FireWire 800 connections. To keep your drives cool, the Hydra uses smart fan technology. It automatically regulates fan speed according to the internal temperature and sounds an alarm when the fan fails to spin up. This function plus the rubber padded feet not only optimises cooling but also reduces the noise level.
High quality aluminium for optimised heat dissipation
Application
Up to four 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II hard drives (1.5Gb/s or 3.0Gb/s)
4 hard drives of identical capacities are recommended for optimal performance
Supports large volumes in excess of 2TB *
Interface/Ports
eSATA 1 port
FireWire 800 (1394b) 2 ports
FireWire 400 (1394a) 1 port
USB 2.0 High Speed (USB 1.1 compatible) 1 port
Data Transfer
eSATA up to 3.0Gbps (300MB/s)
FireWire 800 (1394b) up to 800Mbps (100MB/s)
FireWire 400 (1394a) up to 400Mbps (50MB/s)
USB 2.0 up to 480Mbps (60MB/s)
USB 1.1 up to 12Mbps (1.5MB/s)
Environment
Operating Temperature: 5°C ~ 40°C
Operating Humidity: 20%RH ~ 80%RH
Storage Temperature: -20°C ~ 70°C
Storage Humidity: 10%RH ~ 90%RH
System Requirements (PC)
eSATA: Windows XP/Vista
FireWire 800 (1394b): Windows 2000/XP/Vista
FireWire 400 (1394a): Windows 2000/XP/Vista
USB 2.0 (USB 1.1): Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Your hardware device must have the correct corresponding port (eg. USB 2.0, USB 1.1 or PCI card)
System Requirements (Mac)
eSATA: Mac OS 10.3 or higher
FireWire 800 (1394b): Mac OS 10.2 or higher
FireWire 400 (1394a): Mac OS 10.1.5 or higher
USB 2.0 (USB 1.1): Mac OS 10.2 or higher
Your hardware device must have the correct corresponding port (eg. USB 2.0, USB 1.1 or PCI card)
Power Supply
Internal Power Supply universal auto-switching (UL, cUL, CE, TUV approved)
Protection: OCP, OVP, Short
Input: AC 90-260V, 50Hz/60Hz
Output: DC +5V/8.4A +12V/6A (12V peak current 4A/10sec)
Product Size
24.5cm x 17.7cm x 13.5cm
Packing Accessories
Hydra Super-S Combo (no HDD included)
USB 2.0 cable
FireWire 1394a cable (6 to 6pin)
FireWire 1394b cable (9 to 9pin)
eSATA cable
Power cord & manual
Carton/Packing
Retail Box Size: 32.7cm x 27.2cm x 21.4cm
Carton Size: 45cm x 34.5cm x 30cm (2pcs per carton)
Remarks*
In order for the computer to access volumes larger than 2TB, both the hardware and Operating System need to support large volumes (e.g.: WinVista 32bit/64bit or Mac OS 10.4 and above)
Note: The difference in performance is only visible for fast interfaces like eSATA.
Disk Spanning
The drives show up as one large single volume but the total size will depend on the drive with the smallest capacity. Spanning is an array (not RAID) that is written sequentially across the drives. By itself, it does not provide any performance or redundancy benefits.
2 hard drives
4 hard drives
Disk Striping (RAID 0) The drives show up as one large single volume but the total size will depend on the drive with the smallest capacity. Used where speed is the primary objective but RAID Level 0 (also called striping) is not redundant. This form of array splits each piece of data across the drives in segments; since data is written without any form of parity data-checking, it allows for the fastest data transfer of all other modes. However, if one drive becomes damaged, the whole array can become corrupted.
2 hard drives
4 hard drives
Disk Mirroring (RAID 1)
The drives show up as one volume but only 50% of the total capacity, depending on the drive with the smallest capacity, can be used. RAID 1 creates an exact copy (or mirror) of a set of data on the second drive. This is useful when reliability and backup are more important than data capacity. When one hard drive fails, it can be replaced and the data rebuilt automatically.
2 hard drives
Disk Mirroring with Striping (RAID 10) The drives show up as one volume but only 50% of the total capacity, depending on the drive with the smallest capacity, can be used. RAID 1 creates an exact copy (or mirror) of a set of data. This is useful when reliability and backup are more important than data capacity. When one hard drive fails, it can be replaced and the data rebuilt automatically.
4 hard drives
Disk Striping with parity (RAID 5)
The drives show up as one volume but the total capacity, depending on the drive with the smallest capacity, is the combined size minus the size of one drive. RAID 5 uses block-level striping with parity data distributed across all member disks and therefore provides the perfect balance between high performance and data integrity. When one hard drive fails, it can be replaced and the data rebuilt automatically.
3 hard drives
4 hard drives
3 hard drives
1 hot spare disk
Remarks*
Hard drives of identical capacities are recommended. If the capacity is different, the total amount of the space that can be used will depend on the drive with the smallest capacity. Changing the RAID setup will require you to re-format the drives. Make sure you backup all data before doing so!
