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Maximize your storage capacity with four 3.5" SATA hard drives with the Hydra 4-Bay RAID enclosure. An ultra durable aluminum casing provides efficient heat dissipation, plus an extra large powerful rear fan keeps your hard drives cool during long hours of operation. Advanced RAID technology provides extra protection for all your valuable data content. The Hydra will surpass all your high performance storage needs.
4-Bay RAID Storage
The Hydra is designed to house up to four 3.5" SATA hard drives with the option to setup your drives with different RAID configurations. Use it as a reliable backup for your important data with RAID 1/10, for optimal performance and speed with RAID 0 striping, or select RAID 5 for the perfect balance between high performance and data integrity. In case of a drive failure, the removable hot swap rack makes installing and replacing the hard drives quick and easy.
Versatile interface featuring eSATA, FireWire and USB all in one unit
The Hydra Super-S Combo comes with a choice of four different interfaces all combined into one single unit. FireWire 800 and eSATA where maximizing transfer speed is most important and the more common FireWire 400 or high speed USB 2.0 connections for flexibility to access your data on workstations that do not offer the modern eSATA or FireWire 800 connections. To keep your drives cool, the Hydra uses smart fan technology. It automatically regulates fan speed according to the internal temperature and sounds an alarm when the fan fails to spin up. This function plus the rubber padded feet not only optimises cooling but also reduces the noise level.
| RAID Setup |
| Note: The difference in performance is only visible for fast interfaces like eSATA. |
Disk Spanning
The drives show up as one large single volume but the total size will depend on the drive with the smallest capacity. Spanning is an array (not RAID) that is written sequentially across the drives. By itself, it does not provide any performance or redundancy benefits.
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| 2 hard drives |
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| 4 hard drives |
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Disk Striping (RAID 0)
The drives show up as one large single volume but the total size will depend on the drive with the smallest capacity. Used where speed is the primary objective but RAID Level 0 (also called striping) is not redundant. This form of array splits each piece of data across the drives in segments; since data is written without any form of parity data-checking, it allows for the fastest data transfer of all other modes. However, if one drive becomes damaged, the whole array can become corrupted. |
| 2 hard drives |
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| 4 hard drives |
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Disk Mirroring (RAID 1)
The drives show up as one volume but only 50% of the total capacity, depending on the drive with the smallest capacity, can be used. RAID 1 creates an exact copy (or mirror) of a set of data on the second drive. This is useful when reliability and backup are more important than data capacity. When one hard drive fails, it can be replaced and the data rebuilt automatically. |
| 2 hard drives |
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Disk Mirroring with Striping (RAID 10)
The drives show up as one volume but only 50% of the total capacity, depending on the drive with the smallest capacity, can be used. RAID 1 creates an exact copy (or mirror) of a set of data. This is useful when reliability and backup are more important than data capacity. When one hard drive fails, it can be replaced and the data rebuilt automatically. |
| 4 hard drives |
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Disk Striping with parity (RAID 5)
The drives show up as one volume but the total capacity, depending on the drive with the smallest capacity, is the combined size minus the size of one drive. RAID 5 uses block-level striping with parity data distributed across all member disks and therefore provides the perfect balance between high performance and data integrity. When one hard drive fails, it can be replaced and the data rebuilt automatically. |
| 3 hard drives |
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| 4 hard drives |
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3 hard drives
1 hot spare disk |
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| Remarks |
Hard drives of identical capacities are recommended. If the capacity is different, the total amount of the space that can be used will depend on the drive with the smallest capacity. Changing the RAID setup will require you to re-format the drives. Make sure you backup all data before doing so! |
| Model No. |
HY-SAFBA5U2OS |
| Certifications |
N/A |
| Case Material |
High quality aluminum for optimised heat dissipation |
| Application |
- Up to four 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II hard drives (1.5Gb/s or 3.0Gb/s)
- 4 hard drives of identical capacities are recommended for optimal performance
- Supports large volumes in excess of 2TB *
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| Interface/Ports |
- eSATA 1 port
- FireWire 800 (1394b) 2 ports
- FireWire 400 (1394a) 1 port
- USB 2.0 High Speed (USB 1.1 compatible) 1 port
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| Data Transfer |
- eSATA up to 3.0Gbps (300MB/s)
- FireWire 800 (1394b) up to 800Mbps (100MB/s)
- FireWire 400 (1394a) up to 400Mbps (50MB/s)
- USB 2.0 up to 480Mbps (60MB/s)
- USB 1.1 up to 12Mbps (1.5MB/s)
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| Features |
- Configurable hardware RAID controller (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10)
- Utilizes hardware accelerated RAID rebuild engine
- Supports SATA II Gen2m specification with 3.0Gbps and 1.5Gbps data rates
- Supports SATA HDD ATA7
- Universal interfaces including eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0
- USB mass-storage compliant
- Smart Fan (automatically regulates fan speed according to the internal temperature)
- Alarm buzzer when fan or power supply is defective
- 2TB volume switch for systems that do not support large volumes
- "Hot Swap" removable rack
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| Environment |
- Operating Temperature: 5°C ~ 40°C
- Operating Humidity: 20%RH ~ 80%RH
- Storage Temperature: -20°C ~ 70°C
- Storage Humidity: 10%RH ~ 90%RH
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| System Requirements (PC) |
- eSATA: Windows XP/Vista
- FireWire 800 (1394b): Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- FireWire 400 (1394a): Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- USB 2.0 (USB 1.1): Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Your hardware device must have the correct corresponding port (eg. USB 2.0, USB 1.1 or PCI card)
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| System Requirements (Mac) |
- eSATA: Mac OS 10.3 or higher
- FireWire 800 (1394b): Mac OS 10.2 or higher
- FireWire 400 (1394a): Mac OS 10.1.5 or higher
- USB 2.0 (USB 1.1): Mac OS 10.2 or higher
- Your hardware device must have the correct corresponding port (eg. USB 2.0, USB 1.1 or PCI card)
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| Power Supply |
- Internal Power Supply universal auto-switching (UL, cUL, CE, TUV approved)
- Protection: OCP, OVP, Short
- Input: AC 90-260V, 50Hz/60Hz
- Output: DC +5V/8.4A +12V/6A (12V peak current 4A/10sec)
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| Product Size |
24.5cm x 17.7cm x 13.5cm |
| Packing Accessories |
- Hydra Super-S Combo (no HDD included)
- USB 2.0 cable
- FireWire 1394a cable (6 to 6pin)
- FireWire 1394b cable (9 to 9pin)
- eSATA cable
- Power cord & manual
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| Carton/Packing |
- Retail Box Size: 32.7cm x 27.2cm x 21.4cm
- Carton Size: 45cm x 34.5cm x 30cm (2pcs per carton)
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| Remarks |
* In order for the computer to access volumes larger than 2TB, both the hardware and Operating System need to support large volumes (e.g.: WinVista 32bit/64bit or Mac OS 10.4 and above) |
| RAID Performance |
Test Environment
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PC: Motherboard GA-8I945P, Intel Pentium 4, CPU 3.0GHz, 2GB RAM, Windows XP - FDBench v1.01
Mac: MacPro, Intel Xeon Quad Core, CPU 2.8GHz, 4GB RAM, OS 10.5.5 - Quickbench v4.0
HDD: 4x Seagate 250GB (ST3250310AS) |
| USB 2.0 |
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| FireWire 400 |
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| FireWire 800 |
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| eSATA |
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| Remarks |
The difference in transfer speed for the different RAID modes is most pronounced for fast interfaces like eSATA. |
| Description |
Version |
Date |
Size |
File |
| High resolution JPG images |
N/A |
2008/12/5 |
3.98MB |
ZIP |
| Manual (English) |
v1.3 |
2009/7/29 |
165KB |
PDF |
| Manual (German) |
v1.3 |
2009/7/29 |
175KB |
PDF |
| Firmware |
v3.4 |
2009/12/30 |
N/A |
LINK |
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