[itdiscuss] USB 3.0 Hard Disk Drive Dock for both 2.5" & 3.5"Hard Drives

[Jim Helton]

Sorry.  That should be 2 TB daily.  It still works for gigs or TB.  :)
 
Jim Helton
Administrative Services Manager
MM Systems Corporation
Tel:  706.824.7500
Fax: 706.824.7536
Direct: 706.824.7525
j.helton at mmsystemscorp.com
www.mmsystemscorp.com <http://www.mmsystemscorp.com/> 
 

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From: discuss-bounces at janoah.net [mailto:discuss-bounces at janoah.net] On
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Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 1:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] USB 3.0 Hard Disk Drive Dock for both 2.5" &
3.5"Hard Drives


The cards are pretty simple.  
 
The brand is Vantec  http://vantecusa.com
PCI 6-Port Sata II 150 (2-eSata ports or 4 internal ports)
It uses raid 0,1,5 0+1 or JBOD
 
The other one is a PCI-E Vantec 3 Channel
Raid 0,1, 0+1, JBOD or Individual  (plug two drives into the two
external eSata ports and mirror them.)
3.0Gbps  speed
 
We have one in our HP DL380 Server that Backup Exec uses to do backup to
two gigs of data every day.  
One in an Exchange Server that we use with a small eSata Raid enclosuer
attached to it.  
 
 
 
 
Jim Helton
Administrative Services Manager
MM Systems Corporation
Tel:  706.824.7500
Fax: 706.824.7536
Direct: 706.824.7525
j.helton at mmsystemscorp.com
www.mmsystemscorp.com <http://www.mmsystemscorp.com/> 
 

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From: discuss-bounces at janoah.net [mailto:discuss-bounces at janoah.net] On
Behalf Of Jeffrey Thompson
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 12:20 PM
To: discuss at itdiscuss.org
Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] USB 3.0 Hard Disk Drive Dock for both 2.5" &
3.5" Hard Drives


What eSata cards are you using?


2011/1/21 Jim Helton <j.helton at mmsystemscorp.com>


	I'm using more esata cards which allow   for hot swap.  That is
much faster than the USB.  We have used esata drives attached to our
exchange server for off line repair of our store (mixing replies to two
different threads here).
	
	Jim Helton 
	Sent from my Phone

	On Jan 21, 2011, at 10:43 AM, "Jeffrey Thompson"
<jeffrey at janoah.net> wrote:
	
	

		I would say the hot-swap is a SATA feature of the dock.
I'm not buying one at this time I just thought it looked interesting and
was wondering if anyone is using anything like this yet.  USB 3.0 still
seems to be pretty new and requires additional interface cards for most
systems.  The tech specs for speed look good on it however, and I would
think it will become mainstream this year like USB 2.0 is today.
		
		
		2011/1/21 Tony Dye < <mailto:TonyDye at gmail.com>
TonyDye at gmail.com>
		

			This is interesting! Is hot-swappable a quality
just of the dock, or don't the drives need to have that capability too?
This would be a nice piece of gear to have handy. (let me know when you
get one and I'll come look at it :-)

			 

			From: <mailto:discuss-bounces at janoah.net>
discuss-bounces at janoah.net [mailto: <mailto:discuss-bounces at janoah.net>
discuss-bounces at janoah.net] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Thompson
			Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 10:24 AM
			To: IT Discuss
			Subject: [itdiscuss] USB 3.0 Hard Disk Drive
Dock for both 2.5" & 3.5" Hard Drives

			 

			This is an interesting hard drive array: 

			*	External 
			*	USB 3.0 (640 MB/sec transfer) 
			*	2.5 & 3.5 HD formats 
			*	Hot-swap 


			Cavalry Storage  <http://goog_658588113> 2-Bay
USB3 JBOD Hard Disk Drive Dock - USB 3.0 SUPERSPEED
<http://www.provantage.com/cavalry-storage-en-cahdd2bu3-zb%7E7CAVA037.ht
m>  (Better price at
<http://www.buy.com/prod/cavalry-dual-bay-usb-3-0-hard-drive-dock-pc-and
-mac-compatible/q/loc/101/216738854.html> Buy.com: $28.99)


			Questions for the IT Discuss:

			*	Has anyone used this system or anything
like it?   
			*	Any USB 3.0 cards you would recommend to
enable a computer to use this device?   
			*	Do you know of anything else like it?   
			*	What has been your experience with USB
3.0?   
			*	Is it as fast as they claim?

			I see this as a potentially useful device to
move large amounts of data over a short period of time connected to the
IT Specialist desktop.

			
			


-- 
Jeffrey Thompson
JANOAH, INC.
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"where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty" -- 2 Corinthians
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