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Works as advertised
- Pros: Included eSATA card installed in WHS server, using latest drivers from vendor's site, without a hitch. Configuration GUI is easy to follow and configured my JBOD array correctly. WHS recognized the new drives (4 x 500GB Samsung Spinpoints) as available for adding to the pool.
- Cons: Grounding in unit's power supply may be faulty. Unit is introducing hum into the circuit that was being picked up by other components. Moved power connector to another receptacle to minimize the interference.
Wonderful-unique system-Best there is
- Pros: I've had 3 of these for nearly a year now. This is a PM system. I use them with a Mac. They are hot swappable and support sleep mode. I use 3 1 TB seagate drives as a raid in one and 4 1 tb seagate drives JOBD in others and it works fine. I received very good tech support for my questions and one bad card, from AMS. I can't believe people have not picked up on how great this system is. No expensive trays needed, You only need a little frame for each drive which costs about $2.50 from AMS, the manufacturer, so I don’t have to spend $20 or more for a tray for each drive I want to use with the system. The fan can be turned off separately from drive power, for times when you are not using the drives intensively and want extra quiet. The fans are pretty quiet anyway. The PM SATA card they include works perfectly. Sometimes for extra cooling when using it intensively in RAID, I leave the front off if I feel I may be over taxing it.) I use Seagate drives to get 4 TB.
- Cons: no usb connection, which I might need just in case i want to move the unit to a computer which does not have a PM SATA card installed, but I can live with this. Nothing else bad about this unless you think that being forced to buy Seagate drives if you want 4 TB is a bad thing. I only use Seagate as they have the longest warrantee.
- Other Thoughts: On the Mac, this has presented me with no problems at all. You just have to install the latest silicon driv chipset, which usually comes with the unit. I also connect this box to my macbook pro via pci-express sata card and it works great - 8 external drives if i want that many.
Poor tech support
- Pros: Easy to install. Ran great for about a year.
- Cons: The unit suddenly disappeared off my system. After testing each drive with seatools and confirmed all four are in good working condition, I called AMS tech support. Tech support has very limited knowledge of the software they package with the system. AMS tech support could not recommend steps on how to recover the configuration information for the units raid config file. They kept reading the manual to me over the phone. No in depth knowledge of the product. Be aware, if something goes wrong you are on your own!
- Other Thoughts: I would have given the unit a 4 or 5 rating if the company had competent tech support.
| Model |
| Brand |
AMS |
| Model |
DS-2340SES |
| Spec |
| Internal Interface |
SATA |
| External Interface |
eSATA |
| Fan |
80mm Fan (Ball-bearing) |
| Specifications |
Capacity: up to 3TB (Terabyte)
RAID levels: JBOD, RAID 0,1 and 0+1 mode
I/O Control: Power, Fan Switch, Power and HDD Access LED
Includes PCI-E controller x 2 eSATA port. PCI-E controller is compatible to PC and (Mac Intel / PowerPC based) |
| Features |
Compact Size
Tray-less for easy installation
Supports up to 4 SATA Hard drives
Unique JBOD, RAID Level (0,1,and 0+1)
Steel Vine Management for Windows and Mac (Silicon image RAID Processor) |
| Physical Spec |
| Dimensions |
5.3" x 6.8" x 9.8" |
| Weight |
5.4 lbs. |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
External Enclosure
PCI-E controller x 2 eSATA port |
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Reviewed By: DOS64K on 1/30/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
