| Reviews : Cavalry Storage CADA-SA2-H Series 1 TB USB / eSATA 2-bay RAID Personal Disk Array CADA001SA2-H - Includes eSATA Kit |
Cavalry Storage CADA-SA2-H Series 1 TB USB / eSATA 2-bay RAID Personal Disk Array CADA001SA2-H - Includes eSATA Kit Product By Bason Computer, Inc. Available From 1 Sellers |
Technical Details
- USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 backwards compatible) and eSATA interface
- Plug and play for Windows 2000 and newer (pre-formatted to NTFS), preconfigured to RAID 1 (mirrored, total usable capacity is halved in RAID 1)
- Configurable to RAID 0, 0+1 and 1
- Unit Includes - One (1) year manufacturer's warranty, two (2) 500 GB 3.5-inch hard drives installed in a dual bay enclosure with built-in fan, USB cable, eSATA cable, eSATA bracket, AC adapter, Resources CD and Quick Start Guide
- System Requirements - Available USB port or eSATA port, Mac OS 9.x or newer, Windows 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP / Vista
Product Description
The CADA-SA2-H Series offers an unbeatable combination of RAID data protection, 3.0Gbit/sec eSATA speed and a vast storage capacity of 1 TB (500 GB mirrored). This dual-bay disk array features swappable hard disks and a built-in RAID controller. The unit arrives preconfigured in RAID 1 to protect your important data¿if one drive fails, replace it with an identical drive and the data will automatically rebuild. Leave it in RAID 1 mode for automatic background rebuilding and optimum security for your files, or configure to RAID 0 for increased data reading and writing speeds. Factory default is RAID 1 GUI mode, but also supports RAID levels 0, 1 and 0+1(safe 33/safe 50). Its SATA interface provides a faster boot process and quicker loading of programs and data. Ideal for saving hefty files, video, music, protecting databases or working directly on the drive, it delivers high-capacity performance and data security. The unit is factory pre-configured in RAID 1 and ready to use out of the box. Install the easy-to-use RAID configuration software and the included SATA to eSATA bracket kit to take full advantage of the incredible set of features.Similar Products
Customer Reviews
By David Carr (Orange, CA United States)
I have owned this model for about 6 months now and it is working fine. I have seen an issue when switching over from eSATA to USB as the fan starts up noisy then settles down.
I have moved this hard drive around from place to place and it has done fine. It is a bit noisy, but not THAT bad. I purchased this because I liked the 500GB drive I purchase from Cavalry previously. I would personally recommend it for backing up media files (I have gigs of music and video). The eSATA connection is great for transferring files as well - much quicker than USB. All in all I am very happy with my purchase.
By C. HU (Westford, MA USA)
Bought this thinking it will be a safe storage for the files. Turns out the hardware/firmware is terrible: 1) sounds like a vacuum; 2) the error light would come on every time I turn it on; 3) it rebuilt its RAID-1 for no reason; 4) it's eSATA interface causes my Vista x64 to freeze and I had to do hard reset.
Emailed their support asking about the error light: completely ignored my 1st email (for a month - did they do this intentionally so that I can no longer return this product?). I emailed again, then they said nothing is wrong and I could try RMA but they won't promise my files will stay intact.
Overall, very disappointing purchase.
By jonpaul (Arizona)
When I installed my drive into a Dell 8400, Pentium 4, 3ghz, 4gb ram, Windows XP computer by eSATA the unit would beep and continue to beep until I turned it off. I sent it back and got a replacement; same thing. I contacted Cavalry support and they said that sometimes the drives get damaged in shipping and they had me reset the drive (push button) and the drive re-built itself. After the reset (took about 9-hours) the drive would still beep most of the time, but not all of the time, but for a long-time. I checked out the Cavalry web site under troubleshooting and found that if the drive will not stop beeping, one of your drives appears to be defective. I sent that drive back also. Better to be poked in the eye with a sharp stick than to get two defective drives. Try something else. Note* I did not purchase this drive from Amazon.
By James (Dallas)
I received the unit in a timely manner and connected the cable only to discover that though advertised, it will not work with Mac 10.5. So I called customer support who asked me to find a friend who had MAC 10.4 to reformat it or I could ship it to them. I don't know anyone who has the old OS so while they figure out the problem I shipped it back and was told that if I fed-ex it back that they will do the same to get back to me. Well after many phone calls to find out what happened to the unit, I am told that it was bad and that they had to replace it and send me new unit. Fine, but here I am still waiting for it 3 weeks later. The unit may work someday but don't expect it do so for you out of the box. So I ended buying a more expensive unit locally and I should done so in the first place to save frustration, time, and waiting for weeks on end. Good luck to you........................
By Rob (Pittsburgh, PA)
I have been using this drive for about 6 weeks and it seems to work well. It has had no issues and even looks good. It's a little loud from the cooling fans, but nothing I can't live with. The software documentation could be better, but overall I'm very satisfied with this drive and would purchase again.
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