The ULTRAbloc 320 JBOD provides a highly flexible, high performance Ultra320 JBOD storage solution that offers unprecedented investment protection as Ultra320 technology evolves.... more
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Expansion Bays Total (Free): 14 ( 14 ) x hot-swap - 3.5" x 1/3H
Expansion Slots Total (Free): 2 ( 0 ) x Expansion Slot
Interfaces:
1 x Ultra320 SCSI ( input )
1 x Ultra320 SCSI ( output ), 1 x Ultra320 SCSI LVD ( input )
1 x Ultra320 SCSI LVD ( output ), 2 x Ultra320 SCSI LVD
Manufacturer's product description
The ULTRAbloc 320 JBOD provides a highly flexible, high performance Ultra320 JBOD storage solution that offers unprecedented investment protection as Ultra320 technology evolves. User maintainable, the ULTRAbloc delivers exceptional functionality that can be tailored to a broad range of applications. The midplane contains no active components, supports 640 MB/s aggregate bandwidth in split bus mode, and the system is downward compatible to Ultra2. The ULTRAbloc features hot-swappable, redundant power supply modules with dual inputs, advanced cooling modules and disk drives, as well as redundant environmental monitoring and I/O modules. SC2100ETT-AC is a tower enclosure with 1 ESM (Enclosure Services Module), 1 TSM (Terminating Services Module), 2 power supplies and 2 ACM (Advanced Cooling Module).
Compliant Standards: FCC Class A certified, EN 60950, EN 61000-3-2, UL 1950, IEC 60950, EN 61000-3-3, CSA 22.2 No. 950, EN55022 Class A, FCC Class A certified, UL, TUV, TUV GS, BSMI CNS 13438 Class A, EN 60950, EN 61000-3-2, ICES-003, NEMKO, UL 1950, VCCI Class A ITE, IEC 60950, EN 61000-3-3, CSA 22.2 No. 950, EN55022 Class A, EN50204
Power
Power Device: 2 x power supply - hot-plug - plug-in module
Max Supported Qty: 2
Power Redundancy: Built-in
Power Redundancy Scheme: 1+1
Voltage Required: AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support: 3 years warranty
Service & Support Details: Limited warranty - 3 years
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature: 5 °C
Max Operating Temperature: 40 °C
Humidity Range Operating: 5 - 95%
Shock Tolerance: 5 g @ 11ms half-sine pulse (operating)
Advantages: online capacity expansion, deals with hard disc problems better Disadvantages: slow compared to software RAID
...recommend upgrading to current firmware and 2.16 storcon utl (both are on www.intel.com. There is a linux version of the 2.16 storcon, but it was hard to find!)
With initial installation on a Gigabyte GA7 motherboard and Adaptec 2940AU SCSI controller, the problems with onboard intel BIOS / adaptec 2940AU and mobo BIOS reared it's ugly head.
I could not for the life of me with all the PCI juggling, IRQ remapping and BIOS remapping options get it to boot with a Adaptec SCSI card and Intel RAID card. I asked a friend about his setup, and he had no problems (he was running a Intel serverboard with his SRCS14L)
My problem was solved by removing SCSI from system completely and migrating to IDE bootup drives (which was such a pain on linux!)
Current drivers are 2.05 which are included since the 2.4.19 kernel.
As with all RAID controllers...
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Advantages: Huge memory Disadvantages: Some of Toshiba's external hard drives have a separate power cable
...I recently bought a Toshiba 320gb extrenal harddrive off ebay to store my mp3's, movies, documents etc.
The capacity of the drive is awesome. 320gb is almost too big. It was easy to install and I had it going within minutes.
The downfall of the harddrive I purchased, is that it is big, it is an eye sore, and it does not connect to your PC/laptop via usb. It has a separate power cable.
My advice would be to buy a smaller capcity harddrive which connect via usb. 320gb is far too much unless you have endless amounts of files.
For £90, it does what it says on the tin. However, DO NOT pay over £90 for a Toshiba harddrive!...
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Advantages: Fast spindle speed, large buffer, high capacity, fast data speed Disadvantages: May need SATA interface card
...Upgrading... Everyone does it (eventually).
After upgrading my computer, i decided to get a new hard disk.
Mine was becoming full of stuff, so i had a look to see what i could get.
I know harddrives are now available in stupendously large sizes now (500GB+), but i decided on two of these 160gb drives along with a Highpoint SATA Raid card (gives me a 320gb drive)
With raid, data is written and read across the drives (Raid 0), which speeds up the process by about 50-75%
Installation of the drives / card was done as follows:
1/ Plug the highpoint card into an available pci slot
2/ Plug the SATA cables onto the highpoint card.
3/ Plug one SATA cable into each harddrive
4/ Plug a power cable into the drives
5/ Go into Highpoint cards bios and setup the raid array.
6/ Format drive and install windows.
Once up and running, the speed...
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What with all the videos and photos I had on my mac, I needed some good back up storage. I was recommended to go for the something in the Lacie range. For me the d2 Quadra 320gb was an excellent choice. It won't lose data the way some of the ones with more
For a few months now I have been having trouble with hard drive space on my computer, as well as a couple of major system failures that resulted in alot of stuff being wiped off my machine. For this reason I decided to invest in an external hard drive,... more
I bought this drive almost a year ago now, It does exactly what it says, looks reasonable and functions well - fast enough to run applications/games/movies and music from it is a perfect addition to any setup lacking memory. The only downfalls to the... more
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