TowerSTOR TS2CT – 2 Bay SATA to USB 2.0 / eSATA / 1394a / 1394b RAID Enclosure

October 22, 2010 Brownweb 4 comments

TowerSTOR TS2CT – 2 Bay SATA to USB 2.0 / eSATA / 1394a / 1394b RAID Enclosure

2 bay Hardware RAID enclosure support RAID 1 or RAID 0
Hardware RAID embedded to the enclosure to elminate OS compatibility issues
Quad Host Interfaces: USB 2.0, eSATA, Firewire 400 and Firewire 800
LCD display for RAID management and monitor system status.
Features two RAID modes, including RAID 0 or RAID 1 for redundancy or performance.

The TowerSTOR TS2CT is a hardware RAID embedded enclosure providing high performance storage for creative professional with 180MB/s. The embedded Hardware RAID design provides offload of complex RAID calculation from the computer to the unit, allowing high perfromance throughput to eSATA and Firewire 800. Popular USB 2.0 and Firewire 400 provide easy connection to various computer operating system. Since RAID engine is embeded inside of the enclosure, there is no OS compatibilty issues. With sup

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List Price: $ 207.99

Price: $ 179.99

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Written by MEB about 16 hours ago.

Review by MEB for TowerSTOR TS2CT – 2 Bay SATA to USB 2.0 / eSATA / 1394a / 1394b RAID Enclosure
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This enclosure is well made and has all the connections you could want, USB, FW400/800, and eSATA. It was very easy to install and format the drives. I’m running two 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3s in RAID 1, so far works great. You can easily choose between RAID 0 and 1 by setting the DIP switch on the back. I like the design of the enclosure also, sturdy and looks sleek and modern. This enclosure is all metal, no plastic, which will help with cooling. The small fan inside isn’t too loud and does a great job of cooling the drives. After leaving the drives on all day, the enclosure is still about room temperature to the touch. You can set the fan to low, high, automatic, or off. The menus on the LCD screen are fairly easy to navigate. Overall a great product at a reasonable price.
Written by Michael G. about 15 hours ago.

Review by Michael G. for TowerSTOR TS2CT – 2 Bay SATA to USB 2.0 / eSATA / 1394a / 1394b RAID Enclosure
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I’ve only been using this about a month. But it seems to be working well so far. It’s not loud. And my drive transfers are quick. I’ve got it set for Mirrored raid. Love all the ports, I’ve used all of ‘em except the FW 800. I’ve got two HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB drives installed.

I editing video, so I think I might buy another 1TB drive, pull one of my drives out of the tower, install the new drive and them reinitialize it for Raid 0 for speed. I’ll have my back up, and then I can get the additional speed I’d like.
Written by gdieter about 15 hours ago.

Review by gdieter for TowerSTOR TS2CT – 2 Bay SATA to USB 2.0 / eSATA / 1394a / 1394b RAID Enclosure
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This enclosure almost took more time to unpack than to install two disks and create a Raid 0 scratch disk. The things I noticed as soon as I opened the box were the quality of the unit’s fit/finish, the power supply and cables. After installing two 1TB drives, I connected it to my Mac Pro with the Firewire 800 connection and powered the enclosure on. Both disks (from a previous mirrored array) were recognized immediately, the front panel prompted me for type of Raid desired (0 or 1) and after I selected 0, the striped volume was created and ready for initialization on the Mac in less than a minute. Display offers all the info on the system and drives I need. Fan is on all the time, but at relatively low RPM (3300), and the fan noise is masked by the drives anyway. After rebooting everything and connecting via eSATA, I set up the disk as the scratch disk for an editing session in Final Cut Express. Excellent performance, and after thrashing on the drives for a couple hours, neither the temp of the box nor the drives exceeded 40 degrees Celsius. Totally satisfied with this box so far.
Written by R. Fields about 14 hours ago.

Review by R. Fields for TowerSTOR TS2CT – 2 Bay SATA to USB 2.0 / eSATA / 1394a / 1394b RAID Enclosure
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Attractive case and design. The enclosure’s been in use for about 2 months now and has performed well. We’ve set it to RAID 0 for our purposes and data transfers are quick. FW800 works well but it’s not SATA speeds which is fine for our usage.

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