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Sans Digital MobileSTOR MS2UTN+B 50 Enclosure - 2 Bay SATA to eSATA, USB 2.0 RAID 0 / 1, SAFE33

Sans Digital MobileSTOR MS2UTN+B 50 Enclosure - 2 Bay SATA to eSATA, USB 2.0 RAID 0 / 1, SAFE33 (Sans Digital: MS2UTN+B)
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Sans Digital MobileSTOR MS2UTN+B 50 Enclosure - 2 Bay SATA to eSATA, USB 2.0 RAID 0 / 1, SAFE33
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Rating: 6.11/10
Conner
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Review Date: 09/03/13
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- The unit is built largely of aluminum and feels and appears very strong.- No software installation is required for the unit to work.- A single drive in JBOD mode (using eSATA) or twin drives in JBOD mode (using USB) can be up and operating in minutes, supplied the drive is ready outdoors of the unit with partitioning SW.- Really economical unit for RAID operation compared to other producers (see other notes beneath)- Supports USB and eSATA interfaces- Consists of USB, eSATA to eSATA and eSATA to SATA cables - Solution documentation is incredibly poor (I have included my own notes beneath for your reference primarily based on my practical experience to date)- No application to setup / configure unit or give status (lights only)- RAID selector pointer on the back of the unit hard to read. Documentation is no help. (should be redesigned)- eSATA only supports a single device per port. JBOD, SAFE33 and SAFE50 make more than one drive so only the very first drive will be observed devoid of using a port multiplier.- Installing new or unpartitioned drives in the unit and tring to partition and format them in the unit will take several hours. Use third party sw to partition and format on yet another machine. - RAID drives can NOT be partitioned and formatted in the unit. (tried it and failed)- Ought to press the reset button after energy-on when altering RAID modes. (seems that the unit really should be smart enough to know when the mode has changed)- Initially RAID1 array develop will take about 1 hr / 70GBs of drive space. Notes: - Top drive is key drive and is employed as the supply for RAID or single JBOD operation - Unit supports 3 GB/s eSATA operation. (included eSATA cable and SATA to eSATA cable on plate assistance 3GB/s)-The unit supports hot swapping drives even if the Pc technique BIOS does not support AHCI mode. Enclosure Lights -Power: Green-Temp: Enclosure temperature over 70 degrees-Alert: Red. Drive Failure Drive Lights -Alternating Purple / Red: RAID rebuilding, RAID verifying or reset button pressed-Solid Blue: Drive energy on and idle-Flashing Purple: Drive accessing data-Solid Red: Drive Failure -When RAID1 array is creating, best drive light is purple and bottom drive light is alternating purple and red-Soon after RAID1 array has completed building, unit will verify the RAID1 array, which may possibly take 1 day-When RAID1 array is verifying, leading drive light is blue (and at times purple) and bottom drive light is alternating purple and red
Asabi
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Review Date: 07/27/13
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Visualy pleasing device that operates. So far no problems. The SATA cable that came with it was deffective, which triggered me lots of headace, such as purchasing a different SATA controller.
Thad
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Review Date: 04/30/13
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Straightforward drive installation Poor tech support and slower repair or replacement. Unit failed to recognize any drive in bay a single. Took four days for any reply from tech support then took a week to get rma quantity. Nonetheless waiting for repaired unit to be sent. Manufacturer Response:Thank you for buying our items. E-mail response time is inside one particular company day but some of the e-mail got filtered in customer or our e-mail program. Please speak to us at 1-800-980-1988 or submit the difficulty by means of our on the web forum/technical form if no e-mail is responded.
Dinesh
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Review Date: 04/05/13
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none Immediately after owning two of these for 5 months, 1 failed and would no longer register that there had been any drives installed. The second failed a handful of days later right after I installed two blank drives and pressed the reset button. The second unit no longer performs over esata, only functions on usb. thankfully I was utilizing raid 1. I installed a single drive from every unit into single drive enclosures and they are working fine with no information loss. All four drives passed diagnostics with no errors. So I'm constructive the enclosures are defective, not the drives. Right after experiencing such a high failure price, and reading equivalent evaluations from other individuals, I refuse to trust my information to replacement units from the manufacturer. I'll be searching for a new dual drive raid 1 enclosure to replace these. Manufacturer Response:Thank you for purchasing our products. The items are cover by a single year components and labor warranty. Please get in touch with us at 1-800-980-1988 or e-mail us at tech@sansdigital.com. We will be in a position to resolve your issues.
Kamin
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Review Date: 03/16/13
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The the SansDigital Mobilestor MS2UTN+(B)is a properly-developed and solidly-built enclosure. The energy is internal and eliminates the clutter of an additional power brick. The two WD 750Gb Caviar Black drives installed simply onto the sliding supports which fit completely into the enclosure. I configured the "Storage Style" as a 500Gb Protected (mirrored RAID 1) and the remaining 196Gb on each and every drive as a Big 396Gb drive. The guide for performing this is provided on the application for the GUI interface which should be downloaded from SansDigital's internet site. The creating of the Safe mirror on the second drive took a number of hours. The drives are kept cool and the enclosure is not warm. Note: If you change the configuration switch, you should then press the reset switch with the power on. The controller with take over and configure the RAID or allow GUI interface. The guidelines are minimal; mechanically you could figure out how to set up the drives on your personal. They are beneficial in interpreting the red and blue activity lights and in recommending that new, identical drives be employed. The fan is noticeable. The slotted configuration selector switch is recessed and ambiguous. The ambiguity can be removed by noting that the original setting is Ŕ" and using a Sharpie marker to mark the selector. Note: You can not access a lot more than one physical or virtual drives with eSATA unless your eSATA host is port multiplier conscious. This is my first knowledge with RAID and I had to do some study. This makes use of the SteelVine Silicon Image SiL5744 RAID controller. In addition to the switch selectable configurations you can set SAFExx with Large or Rapid for the remaining space using a GUI interface. A guide for the SteelVine 57XX family is contained in the downloadable package offered from SansDigital. Read it very first to Chap. 5 prior to carrying out anythin. Uncover it under the C:\Program Files\Silicon Image␩xx SteelVine for SteelVineManagerHelp.pdf immediately after application set up. Note that some other reviewers recommended that the drives be formatted prior to setting a RAID configuration. Don't; you format following the two virtual disks have been configured by switch selection or GUI. Exception is the JBOD configuration when you are just making use of the enclosure to residence one or two independent disks. Use Windows Disk Management to initialize, partition (format) the resulting RAID drives. Note: You can not access much more than a single physical or virtu
Shino
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Review Date: 03/10/13
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Inside 15 Minutes of turning the device on, initializing and formatting the disk, the device failed. The condition that presents itself is the energy indicator light pulses; in addition, the computer locks up. For the 15 minutes before failure, the device looked like it was operating properly. I was trying to get a low expense option for elevated really hard drive space. But, with the expense of RMA shipping, it is promptly becoming a higher cost answer. Lastly, I have NO confidence that the next device will function any greater than the 1st.
Kacela
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Review Date: 02/25/13
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Wonderful hardware raid. Easy to setup and no computer software needed. None. Other folks had troubles with the dial to set the raid, this might aid.The raid comes (at least mine did) set to which is massive.I wanted a mirrored array, 3, so I just turned it three clicks, held down reset and powered on. There is no arrow as some have described, the number is determined by the position of the screwdriver slot.
Tarika
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Review Date: 02/21/13
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Value and create quality As soon as my RAID array ƒ x Segate 1.five TB LP) achieved parity, I began to get continual messages that a single drive was disconnecting and then connecting until the parity broke and my DB's got corrupted. Replaced with a second unit (thanks NewEgg) given that assistance said it could not be the unit unless broken or defective. Second unit same as the initially, not a defective unit unless defective by design and style. Help was not really valuable or overly responsive. they thought the on-board controller may be finding overwhelmed at that was what was causing the disconnect, so they had me jumper the challenging drives to SATA 1.five speed - no modify. I can\'t say what my problem was but I can say I have ordered a Guarantee enclosure (from NewEgg) following attempting two of these. If you need to have some thing for your organization stay away for this enclosure. If you want only two drives and don't care as well a lot about the data or are not going to be continually hitting the array then I would say perhaps OK. Manufacturer Response:Thank you for acquiring our items. There is no known problems on the units that drives will disconnect and reconnect immediately after the usafe. Nonetheless, Seagate 1.5TB LP or Green Drives does is not advocate on RAID application, given that lengthy undesirable sector response time will falsely put the RAID into the degraded mode.Please speak to us at 1-800-980-1988 or e-mail us at tech@sansdigital.com. We will be able to resolve your problems.
Jacinto
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Review Date: 02/20/13
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Affordable. Effortless to setup. When it performs, it operates well. I've owned this unit for a tiny much less than two years. Immediately after 10 months, the unit failed -- I had to mail it at my personal expense to Sans Digital for warranty service. Right after about a month, I had it back.It worked for one more 11 months or so, and then failed once again -- exact same challenge. They refuse to repair beneath warranty -- even although it's clear that their initial repair was much more of a bandaid than a repair.Their resolution was to sell me a new unit at a "discount" (ten dollars significantly less than the Newegg price tag). My solution was to go out and purchase a RAID from a genuine corporation.Consider the purchase of this item to be a one-year rental -- not a acquire. And make positive you backup your information. Provided their attitude on this situation I will not purchase a different item from this corporation once more. Manufacturer Response:Thank you for getting our product.Your unit is cover by 1 year portion and labor warranty. If it is out of warranty, components and labor will be charge. Even via it is the exact same difficulty, it could be unique components being defective. We provide various solutions for our of warranty difficulties. Please make contact with us at 1-800-980-1988 or e-mail us at tech@sansdigital.com. We will be capable to resolve your issue
Sofia
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Review Date: 12/15/12
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Wanted an external Raid selection. This unit was a two drive enclosure and had a range of RAID alternatives that had been at the right price and appeared to be what I was looking for. In fact I ordered two of the enclosures. Configured one unit for a mirrored RAID 1. Two WD 750 GB drives. No problem so far. Functions wonderful. The other I planned to set up as a SAFE50 or a RAID drive. See cons. Second unit worked a day and died. I was in no hurry so I contacted the business by e-mail figuring out Newegg would take care of me if required. This was probably a error on my portion due to the fact this technique requires a while back and forth. I really should have utilized the telephone. They had me to do some tests and finally issued a RMA for return. They fixed the unit and sent it back in working order. Some delays in emails. An impatient person would have been screaming but as I stated I have to share element of the blame for using email to get in touch with the corporation. It took a though to remedy circumstance. I also assume the organization has a very good nicely believed out and engineered product but is possibly getting increasing pains. Two points I they want to transform is the instruction manual. Also brief and skimpy. The second is the knob or lack of thereof for shifting the RAID configurations you need to use a screwdriver to transform and the settings are ambigious and 1 can get confused. It takes some time to reconfigure 750 GB drives. If it had been not for these two concerns and the delays in emails from the corporation I would have offered them an superb rating. I think they were sincere in taking care of me.
Christmas
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Review Date: 10/26/12
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*Excellent cooling. The fan noise is noticeable, but not overly loud.*Solidly built*Installing the drives is uncomplicated*Lots of RAID alternatives*Uses USB two. and eSATA (though I don't have an eSATA port, so have no encounter with that)*Good value *System of flashing/solid red/blue/purple lights is somewhat confusing and the lights are relatively vivid for something that's going to be on 24ǝ*Virtually no documentation for anything other than installing the drives.*The RAID selector is difficult to use, its unclear whether you chose the a single you believe you did, or the a single across from it *I had no issues formatting the disks in RAID 1 mode, Windows correctly saw it as 1 disk. It took close to a day, but it was over USB.
Skipper
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Review Date: 10/25/12
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straightforward to use, no challenge.I put Two WD difficult diskƑTBx2) to this.It performs really good. No Cons
Katalin
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Review Date: 09/28/12
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This well-built small box ran like a champ for about a 18 months. Taking into consideration the value, I couldn't have been happier. I calculate my price of ownership at Ů.75 per month. Not undesirable. Then it died. Manufacturer Response:Thank you for acquiring our product. Please really feel free to contact 1-800-980-1988 or e-mail us at tech@sansdigital.com for technical assistance in order to resolve your current troubles.
Birch
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Review Date: 09/20/12
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Make excellent and construction was relatively impressive given my low expectations. The thing feels real solid. The RAID dial on the back is practically unusable. I have decent eye sight and I had a hard time discerning which setting it was pointing as well. You in essence have to just do trial and error to figure that out. Ehh, whatever even though...the Real problem is that this point apparently CAN NOT do a single volume RAID0 over USB if the volume is bigger than 2TB. I slapped two 2TB Seagate drives in this factor and no matter what I do, it only shows up as 1.8TB!!!I can get JBOD to show two 2TB drives over USB, but not the "FAST" RAID0 solution. I am waiting for the 100% confirmation that this limitation is accurate, but it looks like this items is going to get returned to NewEgg. What a discomfort. Sans Digital requirements to list this limitation UPFRONT if it is indeed correct (one tech support guy already confirmed this on the phone). Manufacturer Response:Thank you for buying our product.MS2UTN+B does support over 2TB in USB or eSATA in Linux, Windows and MAC. There are smaller than 2TB limitation on particular OS, such as Windows XP 32 bit but in Vista, Windows 7 or Snow Leopard will support over 2TB. It could also be a firmware problems on the unit. The older version of the firmware will not automatically assistance more than 2TB in RAID and RAID 1 mode. Acquiring a firmware from our technical help will resolve this matters.Please contact us at 1-800-980-1988 or e-mail us at tech@sansdigital.com. We will be capable to resolve your problem.
Tameron
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Review Date: 08/27/12
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Effortless to set up, even though the directions had been a bit obscure. Probably the writer did not have the benefit of English as a initial language. It's been running like a champ for 16 months. It was the only 1 I could uncover in this value range that would enable me to creat an NTFS RAID 1 array. It came bundled with file synchronization application, which I guess you may use if you were to make a pair of RAID boxes. The tiny dial on the back for configuring the storage protocol is dangerous. It's almost impossible to tell exactly where it is pointing. However, the moment you figure it out, and if you LEAVE IT IN One Spot, it's cool. (Note to user: Always Begin WITH A BARE DRIVE to steer clear of catastrophe with pre-current data.) I'm going to pick up an additional 1. As with HDDs, I assume it's luck of the draw. Occasionally you get a excellent a single, and sometimes you don't. Typically it's only the people who had the bad encounter who take the time to write a evaluation and vent.
Nirav
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Review Date: 07/01/12
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Reasonably affordable, construction seems solid. In RAID 1 configuration, no issues. With a single disk, or in JBOD it performs properly so extended as the eSata cable is not touched. It takes really little to break the connection. With Seagate 1TB 7.2k drives I was seeing 120-130 MB/s through HD tune in RAID 1. In RAID I was seeing 135-145MB/s. RAID : From all appearances is fine. Begins up on both XP pro and Vista 64. On the other hand, more than extended periods of data transfer 鸴GB or far more) it just stops at some point in the transfer. The drive lights go to blue, and it appears to hang. At this point in quick RAID mode, you have lost your information. This happened twice, and does not occur with other array's through eSata on that technique. In RAID , it would also not rapid format and when undertaking a lengthy format it would get to the finish and the format would fail. I had to format it under the Vista program and then move it more than. Not positive how that makes sense.Fan noise is quit loud compared to other arrays.SATA in AHCI appears to pretty significantly be a need to, but this is not clear in the documentation. I could not get it to format beneath Vista 64 w/o it in this mode. Be sure to make the registry modifications Microsoft needs prior to going to ACHI or RAID mode in your BIOS. Unless of course you like the blue screen. My Vista 64 core i7 system hates this factor, and seemed to corrupt files for the duration of transfer. It was mainly utilised for backup, but did not perform effectively. I moved it to my XP Pro Opteron server exactly where it worked well in JBOD, RAID 1, but had the hardware time out in the course of long backups in RAID . Provided the reliability problems and the fact there is little to no documentation, or support from Sans Digital, I have elected not to was any more time on what was to be a backup and have cut my losses. It presently runs a single drive in backup mode. Manufacturer Response:The MS2UTN+B is perform with i7 and Vista. The RAID is create-in with the enclosure and the motherboard does not require RAID, so ACHI is right setting. Please use ACHI, or Common mode for on board eSATA to SATA bracket. If you are utilizing the cable that come with the unit, please attempt with distinct cable or use USB to confirm the difficulty.Please contact us tech@sansdigital.com or 626-322-3868 for technical assistant.
Moral
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Review Date: 06/27/12
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This little box is just wonderful. It's built effectively, operates as promised and it's heavy. I hate all these little plastic devices that levitate on my desk since the ethernet cable is heavier than the device. That evil tiny dial is just impossible to see. I contacted sans digital about it and they claim there's an arrow on the dial... there isn't. I used a magnifying glass and flashlight. No arrow. I was in a position to get the dial where I wanted utilizing approach of elimination.Beware. Purchase it. You only use the dial the moment.
Renata
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Review Date: 06/18/12
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Incredibly great style, works properly till now on my laptop. I am working with in to backup my information and films. Missing the software from the package. Confused when deciding on among RAIDs. Manual is incredibly negative.Newegg ought to verify the package ahead of sending it. I suggest it due to the inexpensive price tag.
Kipp
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Review Date: 05/03/12
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-When I first set it up, it set up quickly and performed as advertised. Worked fine for a few months...until it broke. - Quite loud- Sparse documentation, mysterious to use at occasions- Horrible Customer Service- Unit broke- Corrupted my data. Unit reported a drive failure a month ago. Rebuilt the drive...items worked fine for a handful of far more weeks. Reported the identical drive fail yet again. I replaced the drive with a fresh one - and all hell broke loose. The unit refused to rebuild the new drive (before OR after it had been formatted in the OS) and it also corrupted all my data on the source drive. This unit literally destroyed my complete backup process. These drives are fine - they have been tested individually. The unit will not even operate now with two new difficult drives. I don't know what else to say. Completely borked. I will go back to fundamental nightly drive synching... Manufacturer Response:Thank you for acquire our item.Rebuild of the fail drives will go automatically. The information will not be lost, unless each of the hard drives is failure. The information can be damage on unexpected power loss but not mainly because or rebuilding method.If you have dilemma with the unit, please speak to tech@sansdigital.com or 1.800.980.1988 for the issue. We will be in a position to help you with your present difficulties and give service to you.
Yin
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Review Date: 04/30/12
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For the price tag, this has a lot of features - several RAID selections, active cooling, eSATA.Excellent of external supplies was great, this factor never got very hot. High quality of the circuitry/hardware not so excellent, failed soon after about 18 months. Manufacturer Response:Thank you for acquiring our item.The unit comes with 1 year parts and labor warranty. If the unit is out of warranty, Please make contact with us at 1-800-980-1988 or e-mail us at tech@sansdigital.com for out of warranty repair selections.
Manasa
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Review Date: 04/24/12
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A lot about this unit is appealing. Fairly robustly built. Great concept. Worked for roughly a month. Now goes off line (array inaccessible) apparently randomly. Have tested with several cables and computer systems. Fails reliably, which is, alas, the only reliable factor about this unit. I freely grant that I punked out and bought inexpensive,and low-cost is what I got. If you're thinking about this factor as backup storage, don't. Have emailed Sans Digital about an RMA (bought this off yet another web site). So far, not a peep in response. Evidently they don't really feel any especial obligation to speak to their prospects about defective items, which is fairly alarming coming from a corporation that specializes in information security and storage.I won't buy another item from them Manufacturer Response:Thank you for buying our product.Sorry that we could not reply in time for your unit. Unless is a defective unit, it will not offline by itself. If you have issue with the unit, please make contact with tech@sansdigital.com or 1.800.980.1988 for the problem. We will be in a position to assist you with your present concerns.
Trilby
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Review Date: 01/17/12
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Unit worked fine until it didn't. The dial for setup is impossible to use. You have to guess what mode it is in due to the fact it is not labeled and there is no indicator to tell you the position it is in. Following you finally get it into the mode you want it is fine. Had from 8ቷ񳏉 to fourቹ񳏊 when it died. Data survived on each disks which is the critical component, the unit just died. I like the notion of the device and I thought it was a superior deal when I purchased it. I guess you get what you pay for. Manufacturer Response:Thank you for acquiring our product.The dail is enhanced by utilizing a smaller arrow to point to the RAID mode to boost the indication. Your unit is cover by 1 year parts and labor warranty in case the service is required. If you have further question, please really feel free of charge to contact us at 626-322-3868 or e-mail us at tech@sansdigital.com
Salma
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Review Date: 01/14/12
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- Loaded up with 2 1.5 TB 7200RPM drives and placed in secure mode, appears to work OK- Looks/feels solid, small device overall, built in power supply (no external brick)- Audible alarm - Want to update firmware to at least 1.15.76, otherwise OSX Leopard cannot partition/format the drive.- Selector is tricky to use. I suggest you download the Steelvine GUI, put the device in 'GUI' mode, and set the mode from the GUI.- Little or no documentation. Hint: The password for the GUI is 'admin'- Device has no fan speed monitor.- Steelvine Daemon opens a port for inbound connections from manager, which is insecure. Make certain you update the firmware initial, use the GUI for management, and as soon as you are accomplished, adhere to the uninstall directions to get rid of the daemon - which you require not run unless you want email notifications (at residence, the alarm appears sufficient for notifications of problems).
Morgana
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Review Date: 01/13/12
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I did some investigation ahead of getting this product, not extensive but fairly a bit. This corporation specializes in storage solutions for information centers and so on. so it should know how to make a high quality item and it does. The RAID encolsure is well constructed and supports USB, eSATA and regular SATA through an adapter. The directions are not quite comprehensive but I looked online for much more details. If you want RAID 1 (mirroring) its as simple as setting the mode in the back, popping in two drives and letting it do the rest. The Steelvine application tells you what is going on in the enclosure. I haven't applied any other modes but there is a GUI mode which lets you set factors up employing the GUI I think instead of the selector in the back. Transfer rates for RAID 1 are superior. I read on the internet that its not the fastest for RAID compared to far more high priced controllers. The selector on the back is terrible. There is no way to know for sure what mode you have selected. Luckily the Steelvine GUI tells you the mode it is in when plugged it. This is a minor complaint for an otherwise excellently designed item. It has a fan that is supposed to be temperature controlled but I can usually hear it running and its quite loud compared to my Dell XPS 420 considering that its a little fan. Not certain if its a firmware problem or if its just developed to be always on at the exact same speed but this is one thing I thought I should mention.
Bin
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Review Date: 12/27/11
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Affordable RAID or 1 box compared to other brands (around 1Ǚ the price tag) that appear very comparable/identical except for decals. Has eSATA and USB two.. Has a lot of RAID modes - Large (one Huge spanned Drive), JBOD, RAID , RAID 1, Massive + RAID 1 33%, Huge + RAID 1 50%. JBOD and "BIG + RAID 1" modes need a distinct type of eSATA controller with a port multiplier. Quite confusing setup. Trial and error setup process b/c the dial does not have a 1 cent nob so you know what is selected (BIG, JBOD, RAID 1 and so on...). You want to install the Steelvine software from SD site to know what is going on. Restart the box with a pen and scan drives in the computer software to know what setting mode it is in. When you come across the 1 you want, just wait. It will build the RAID on its own. You will see flashing purple/red lights. When it is done I feel they will both be blue. RAID developing is slow. 1GB drives in RAID 1, 15mins = 6% Fan seems louder than other brands like everyone says. Installing the drives is simple and the device feels really solid. I followed advise of others and set the <PwSupFanSpeedLo</PwSupFanSpeedLo> in the UserConfig.xml to get rid of the PS fan error in the SteelVine software. I also emailed SD to ask if this is right. Compared to extremely comparable devices, this one is significantly far more tough to configure Ƒ.5hrs compared to 10mins for RAID 1 configuration). Newegg reviewers created it considerably less difficult! Hopefully this device will function as well and as long as the more high-priced ones in its class. I have had that one for ӯ years now.
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Product Features

Sans Digital MobileSTOR MS2UTN+B 50 Enclosure
The MobileSTOR MS2UTN+B series is a fully loaded 2-bay external RAID solution designed for home and small business storage needs. With simplicity and flexibly in mind, this series is equipped with two hot-swappable 3.5? hard drive trays, as well as both USB 2.0 and eSATA host interfaces. In addition to RAID 0 and RAID 1, MS2UTN+B also utilizes the latest Silicon Image 5744 chipset, supporting the newest SAFE33 and SAFE50 technology. SAFE33 and SAFE50 allows the creation of two hard drive volumes where 1/3 (SAFE33) or 1/2 (SAFE50) of the volume is used for mirroring and the rest is used for Spanning (Big). In comparison to SAFE (RAID 1) mode, which utilizes both hard drives for mirroring, SAFE33 and SAFE50 increase storage space by setting aside a portion of disk space for regular data storage while performing mirror simultaneously. By incorporating SAFE33 and SAFE50, the MS2UTN+B eliminates the cost of additional hard drives needed for various storage modes.

Product Specifications

Model
BrandSANS DIGITAL
ModelMS2UTN+B
General Spec
DriveSATA 150 & 300
External I/OUSB 2.0 (480Mbps) & eSATA (3.0 Gbps)
RAID LevelsBig (Spanning), Safe (RAID1), Fast (RAID 0), JBOD, SAFE33, & SAFE50, GUI mode allow customized RAID volume setting
Expansion
3.5" Drive Bays2
System Management
OS SupportedSupports Windows, Linux, and MAC OS X
Mechanical Spec
Power Supply80W (110V~240V)
General Spec
Dimensions4.8" x 8.0" x 4.0"
Weight3.8 lbs.
FeaturesRemovable trays for fast access of additional hard drives and easy trouble shooting. Temperature controlled cooling fan for quieter operations.

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