Taurus Comparison

Comparison chart for the Taurus series

	Taurus RAID II	Taurus S2	Taurus Super-S Combo	Taurus Super-S LCM	Taurus LAN
Model Nr.	PDD-FBA3U2OS-R2	PDD-SAU2SS	PDD-SAFBA5U2OS	PDD-SAFBA5U2LOS	PDD-LNU2SS
Bus Interface	USB 2.0 FireWire 400 FireWire 800	USB 2.0 eSATA	USB 2.0 FireWire 400 FireWire 800 eSATA	USB 2.0 FireWire 400 FireWire 800 eSATA	Gigabit Ethernet
Type of Hard Drive	One or Two 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II Hard Drives (1.5Gb/s) For RAID 0 & 1, two hard drives of identical capacity and make are required	One or Two 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II Hard Drives (1.5Gb/s or 3.0Gb/s) For RAID 0 & 1, two hard drives of identical capacity are recommended	Two 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II Hard Drives (1.5Gb/s or 3.0Gb/s) Two hard drives of identical capacity are recommended	Two 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II Hard Drives (1.5Gb/s or 3.0Gb/s) Two hard drives of identical capacity are recommended	One or Two 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II Hard Drives (1.5Gb/s) For RAID 0 & 1, two hard drives of identical capacity are recommended
>2TB Support	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
RAID Mode	Non-RAID JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1	Non-RAID JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1	JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1	RAID 0 RAID 1	Non-RAID JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1
RAID Configuration	Selector switch (outside the casing)	Selector switch (outside the casing)	Jumper (inside the casing)	DIP switch (outside the casing) or LCM display	Software (via web browser)
Fan	40x40x10mm 4300RPM Smart Fan (automatically regulates fan speed according to the internal temperature)	40x40x10mm 4300RPM Smart Fan (automatically regulates fan speed according to the internal temperature)	40x40x10mm 4300RPM Smart Fan (automatically regulates fan speed according to the internal temperature)	40x40x10mm 4300RPM Smart Fan with option to be set at a fixed speed (automatically regulates fan speed according to the internal temperature)	40x40x10mm 4300RPM Smart Fan (automatically regulates fan speed according to the internal temperature)
Extra Features	Large LED indication on the front panel Vibration and Shock Protection	High transfer speed with eSATA Vibration and Shock Protection	Versatile interface including eSATA connection Vibration and Shock Protection	LCM display for easy device configuration, details status information and event messages Versatile interface including eSATA connection Vibration and Shock Protection	Vibration and Shock Protection USB Backup Function Network Attached Storage (SMB/FTP) UPnP, Bonjour, BitTorrent and other network tools