| Specifications |
| When it comes to raw power there is nothing to beat the dual-bay 3500 Metal Gear Box Raid. The 3500MGB-Raid is built strong and rugged, offering more than enough capacity to store all your digital media files. Not only that, the 3500MGB-Raid can also back up and secure all of your data thanks to RAID protection. Great performance, great protection and great looks – only in the 3500MGB-Raid. |
| Model No. |
3500MGB-RAID |
| Bridge Chipset |
Oxford 924 DSB |
| Colour |
Silver/Black |
| Case Material |
High quality aluminium for optimised heat dissipation |
| Application |
- Two 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II Hard Drives (1.5Gb/s)
- Identical hard drives recommended (same manufacturer, capacity and RPM)
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| Features |
- Configurable RAID function for 2 drives (RAID 0 using striping or spanning or Non-RAID)
- USB mass-storage compliant (USB 2.0 and USB 1.1)
- Supports Firewire 400 and 800 (hardware acceleration for FastStart & small data blocks)
- 18-Kbyte cache for USB or Firewire data maximizes performance by double-buffering 4-Kbyte packets
- SATA II compliant
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| Interface/Ports |
- FireWire 800 (1394b) 2 ports
- FireWire 400 (1394a) 1 port in front
- USB 2.0 High Speed (USB 1.1 compatible) 1 port
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| Data Transfer |
- 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)
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| System Requirements (PC) |
- FireWire 800 (1394b): Windows 2000/XP/VISTA
- FireWire 400 (1394a): Windows ME/2000/XP/VISTA
- USB 2.0: Windows ME/2000/XP/VISTA
- USB 1.1: Windows ME/2000/XP/VISTA
- Your hardware device must have the correct corresponding port (eg. USB 2.0, USB 1.1 or PCI card).
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| System Requirements (Mac) |
- FireWire 800 (1394b): Mac OS 10.2 or higher
- FireWire 400 (1394a): Mac OS 9.1 or higher
- USB 2.0: Mac OS 10.2 or higher
- USB 1.1: Mac OS 9.2 or higher
- Your hardware device must have the correct corresponding port (eg. USB 2.0, USB 1.1 or PCI card).
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| Power Supply |
- External Power Adapter universal auto-switching (UL, cUL, CE, TUV approved)
- Input: AC 100-240V
- Output: DC +12V/3A, +5V/4.2A
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| Enclosure Size |
24.5cm x 14.0cm x 8.3cm |
| Packing Accessories |
- 3500MGB-Raid Enclosure
- USB 2.0 cable
- Firewire 1394a cable (6 to 6pin)
- Firewire 1394b cable (9 to 9pin)
- Power adapter plus cord, feet, screw package, manual
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| Carton/Packing |
- Retail Box Size: 34.5cm x 23.3cm x 13.3cm
- Carton Size: 48.5cm x 41.5cm x 37.5cm within 6pcs retail box
- G.W. 15.4kg
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| 3500MGB-Raid Setup |
| The 3500MGB-Raid comes with the option to setup your drives and combine them as one single drive or as two individual drives. To increase performance and data throughput, the "RAID 0 - Striping" setup will be ideal for your daily backup and other data transfers. |
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Non-RAID
The drives will show up as two independent drives. Use this if you have only installed one drive or two different drives (not the same capacity and brand). |
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RAID 0 - Spanning *
The two drives show up as one large single drive. Spanning is an array (not RAID) that is written sequentially across the two drives. By itself, it does not provide any performance or redundancy benefits. |
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RAID 0 - Striping *
Used where speed is the primary objective, RAID Level 0 (also called "striping") is not redundant. This form of array splits each piece of data across both of 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 RAID levels. However, if one drive becomes damaged, the whole array can become corrupted. |
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N/A |
| Remarks |
* For RAID 0, identical hard drives are required (same manufacturer, capacity and RPM)! |
