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solid product
- Pros: holds eight drives and does what it's designed to do.
- Cons: I would probably prefer two fans vs. the one large one, but I can't really call that a con.
- Other Thoughts: Someone mentioned that the drive bays didn't have locking mechanisms, but mine do and they work as expected
Great enclosure
- Pros: I'm not using the included raid controller, but it's working great with an HPT rocketraid 622. Included hardware
- Cons: obnoxious fan with blue led
- Other Thoughts: replaced the fan with a Scythe S-FLEX SFF21D 120mm.
It would be nice if they numbered the ports on the case to match the LEDS.
Follow-up to prior review
- Pros: Holds 8 hard drives. As I'm using it with a Mac Pro running Mac OS X 10.6.x, it only seems to support software RAID - thus, RAID 0 or 1. It also supports each drive showing individually, if you'd like to do that. I'm currently using it with a Sonnet Tempo E4P, and it works wonderfully. I bought a second, so I can mirror all of the drives in my other TR8M. The newer one shipped with a quieter fan.
- Cons: The bright LEDs. I ended up taking it apart and snipping the wires connecting the LEDs - it wasn't difficult. I noticed another reviewer mentioned replacing the fans with quieter ones, and I think I'm going to look into that.
The PCI card that the TR8M ships with doesn't support newer versions of Mac OS X, but I'm grateful that they included a PCI card anyway.
I was excited to use other RAID configurations, but was disappointed when I found those are only supported on Windows (please correct me if I'm wrong - some parity would be welcome).
- Other Thoughts: I submitted a review a few months ago, when I was using a Power Mac G5 and a Sonnet Tempo X4P - still very happy.
Other reviews reminded me: occasionally, drives don't appear. Power off the enclosure, make sure cables are secure, and power on again. Once I get it working, I avoid touching the cables, if possible.
| Model |
| Brand |
SANS DIGITAL |
| Model |
TR8M-B |
| General Spec |
| Drive |
SATA 150 & 300 |
| External I/O |
eSATA 3Gbps (via Port Multiplier) |
| RAID Levels |
RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 5+spare, spanning and JBOD (RAID volume limited to 5 hard drive per set, setup using bundled utilities) |
| Expansion |
| 3.5" Drive Bays |
8 |
| Mechanical Spec |
| Power Supply |
300W (90V-264V) |
| General Spec |
| Dimensions |
5.9" x 13.4" x 13.4" |
| Weight |
13.0 lbs. |
| Features |
Supports Plug & Play for easy installation.
Compact enclosure with dust-free cover. |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
1 year limited |
| Labor |
1 year limited |
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Reviewed By: JsN on 3/8/2010
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
