The
TowerRAID TR5M+B
is a
compact RAID tower utilizing the latest SATA port multiplier
one single eSATA cable connects to five SATA hard drives. Bundled with a feature, where
RAID controller card RR622,its RAID 5 performance is capable of reaching high performance
over 200MB/s. Online expansion is a feature included in the controller card so that RAID could
be expanded without the need to recreate the storage space or erase the existing data.
Advanced monitoring functions include real time hard drives health status and e-mail notification
for critical events. Designed with easy installation in mind, the TR5M+B is designed with five
hot-swappable tray modules so that hard drives could be removed and installed with ease. The
included dual-port eSATA 6Gb/s PCIe 2.0 x1 RAID controller card allows the connection of up
to two TR5M+B units (up to 10 hard drives) using only two cables, while all drives could be
configured into a single or multiple RAID arrays, providing over 200MB/s in performance.
