Does e-SATA port support port multiplier?
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It actually depends on the e-Sata that you have on your system. I haven't looked into this but you need to do a bit of research on this if you're interested. Good luck.
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I do not use the WD 4TB RE HDD --- I do use the WD 2TB RE HDD. The 2TB drive I use is connected via a SATA connection. I'm not sure I understand the question regarding the SATA connection on the drive. If you are trying to use the HDD with a port multiplier it may be that the size (storage capacity) of the HDD is limited by the port multiplier. Since the WD RE drives are designed to be used in servers I doubt that there would be a problem using the HDD with a port multiplier, assuming that the port multiplier is not limited to a smaller capacity drive.
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There's nothing OS-specific about the enclosure, anything with eSATA "port multiplier" support should work fine.
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Yes, it has an e-SATA connection, in addition to 2 FireWire 800 ports and a USB 2.0 port.
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I use the SD-PEX40049 controller (chipset ASM1062) with two Addonics HDD enclosures, one on each port. Each enclosure has 4 drives and a Sil3132 based port multiplier. Works great for me.NB: I've had problems with a different controller which uses the Marvell 88SE9128 chipset. So YMMV depending on which chipset you have.
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It has a total of 22 SATA ports on the board, but 8 of them are only active if you add the Asus Pike add on RAID card.
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http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/HDD-Controllers/SATA-Cards/2-Port-SATA-6-Gbps-PCI-Express-eSATA-Controller-Card~PEXESAT32#tchspcs
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Agree with other buyers. The second port is needed for adequate power to run HDDs . However through my experience, it didn't work at all, though computer detects the drive. I tried two with the same result - this contraption is not working!
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As others have said, depends on the drive. One port works fine for the 750 GB 5400 RPM drive I'm using it for.
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I don't know. All I can find is this: Max. 5Gbps (USB 3.0), Max. 480Mbps (USB 2.0) & SATA 3Gbps
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I contacted startech & they said it will work with up to 6 drives per port with multiport external bays. SO a a total of 12 drivers per card will work. They said they have tested & has been verified. I have 2 mediasonic non raid bays i will try to see if it works when i get the card
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1- supports sata 3 up to 6Gbps. Backward compatible to sata 2 (3Gbps) and sata1 (1.5Gbps) specification. 2- No! This is an all in one unit. I'm using 2 64GB SSD drivers and set it up in a raid . It speed up your computer 100x better. It almost instantly the changes to the next window. I like this setup and it is in a nice package.
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Yes, I'm using it for the same reason (add extra sata ports). You can disable the raid.
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The system will see both drives individually, but if you are using esata, you need an esata interface that has the capability of splitting the port.
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The bandwidth of even SATA I far exceeds the throughput of any optical drive. So this will perform identically whether plugged into a SATA I, II, or III port.
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Yes . You have 1.0 e 2.1 . Two ports, one of each. mine worked only 5 months. was great while work.
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Don't have exactly such an experience, but this is one among not many (if not the only!) capable to connect multi-drive bays with spawned (e)SATA. Have connected self-made 5 drives bay, worked fine.However, i would advice you to ask Drobo's tech support regarding tech specs requirement and if their boxes either provide multi-drive (spawned SATA), or single logical RAID-drive on eSATA port.
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I am using it just for that. I have the eSATA side connected to the exterior eSATA port in the back to an internal SATA HD inside the case. THe SATA HD is powered by the SATA Power connector.