TowerSTOR TS5CT - 5 Bay SATA to USB2.0 / eSATA / Firewire 800 Hardware RAID 5 Enclosure

The TowerSTOR TS5CT is a hardware RAID 5 five bay tower enclosure that utilizes the widely available USB 2.0 , Firewire 800 (1394b) and performance orientated eSATA interfaces to provide over 200MB/s of performance. With built-in support for RAID 0, 1, 10, 3, 5 with hot-spare support, the TS5CT provides hardware RAID redundancy protection against hard drive failure. The new RAID mode, CLONE mode/N-Way Mirror is also introduced to support same copy of the data in all of the hard drives installed. Since RAID engine is embedded in the enclosure, all RAID algorithm calculation can be offloaded to the storage unit to provide optimum performance. Designed with easy installation in mind, the TS5CT comes with 5 easy to install hard drives trays for hot-swap support. The TS5CT is the ultimate eSATA RAID 5 storage for all of your storage needs.

• Hardware RAID, supporting RAID 0, 1, 10, 3, 5, JBOD, Clone and hot spare disk.
• Over 200MB/s read and 170MB/s write performance.
• Firewire 800 (1394b), eSATA and USB 2.0 interface.
• Built-in hardware RAID design; no driver and no additional RAID controller needed.
• New Clone mode (N-way Mirror) - all the hard drives connected will be mirrored. Clone mode is especially useful when users would like to copy data form a hard drive to several hard drives at the same time.
• Supports SATA I (1.5Gb/s) and SATA II (3Gb/s) hard drives.
• Over 3TB per volume via eSATA Firewire 800 (1394b), and USB on OS that support 3TB and above.
• Automatic HDD insertion / removal detection and rebuild.
• Hardware RAID with standard Interface. No extra drivers required.
• Includes five hot-swappable hard drive trays for easy hard disk replacement
• Compact, stylish 5 bay tower design.
  

Model	TS5CT
Form Factor	Compact Tower
HDD Trays	5 Hot-Swappable 3.5"
RAID Level	0, 1, 10, 3, 5, Clone (N-way Mirror) with Hot Spare, and JBOD
Maximum Capacity	15TB
Auto Rebuilding	Yes
Hot-Spare	Yes
Host Interface & Transfer Rate	1394b (Firewire 800, USB 2.0, eSATA
Drive Interface	5 x 3.5” SATA
Cooling Fan	3" x 1
Power Supply	180W (103V-253V)
Status Indicators	Status and Power LEDs
Dimension (in)	9"W x 6.4"H x 10.5"D
Weight (lb)	13.0
Safety Regulations	CE, FCC, UL, RoHS
Limited Warranty	1 Year

Desktop Hard Drive Bundles

Model	TS5CT	TS5CT25	TS5CT5T	TS5CT10T	TS5CT15T
Hard Drive	No HDD  Bundle	500GB  SATA *5	1TB  SATA *5	2TB  SATA *5	3TB  SATA *5
Total Storage Size	N/A	2500GB = 2.5TB	5TB	10TB	15TB

Note: Please allow up to 3 days for hard drive installation and testing.

Note: All hard drive bundles are pre-installed and tested before shipment. Hard drives are then packaged individually to avoid damage during shipping.

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