Introduction
RSV-S4 can allow one SATA II 3Gbps port to communicate and connect to four (or five) SATA II 3Gbps hard drives by one eSATA single-lane cable. With Rosewill HDD controller RC-213 (Included in box) and RSV-S4, you can construct a RAID 0/1/0+1/5 data storage system to maximum your drivers size up to 2TB (500GB X4). With RSV-S4/RC-213, you can enjoy huge multimedia storage space and data protection at the same time.
Important information for User:
****Normally old SATA II Host adapter bios might NOT support Port Multiplier system (like RSV-S4), but SATA II driver does support. So the PC system might NOT recognize the multiple disks until OS boos again. If PC can’t find all workable SATA hard drives in RSV-S4, then this could be an issue of the SATA host controller. Please make sure to partition and format the hard drive completely.
1.1. Features
•Shielded and durable eSATA connector for host connection.
•Full support for FIS-based switching and command-based switching SATA host controllers.
•Advanced data aggregation architecture for ultra-fast read and write operations with FIS-based switching controllers.
•Auto-negotiation support for 1.5Gbps and 3.0Gbps SATA.
•Compliant with SATA II external specification.
•Work with SiliconImage SiI3124 PCI-X and SiI3132 PCI-e Host controller. RSV-S4 can only work with Sil3124 and Sil3132 host controller. If you connect RSV-S4 to your system and catch only one hard drive, this means your host controller is not compatible with RSV-S4. We recommend you use Sil3124 or Sil3132 (RC-213/RC-214) for your host controller only.
•4 and 5 LEDs for devices & Power On.
•RSV-S4 can support total drives size larger than 1,000 TB.
But please remember the restriction of PC system for a single drive is 2TB. This means PC can’t support more than 2TB for a single drive. If you connect four 2TB hard drives in Windows without setting a RAID, system can catch four 2TB hard drives without any issue. If you connect four 2TB hard dives in Windows with a RAID structure, you will only catch 2TB for each single RAID drive.
•Full 150 Watt Built-in Power Supply: Input voltage: 90V to 130V AC (or 210V to 260V) -
Frequency: 50 or 60hz - power supply.
•In any case, you must set the SATA Host controller correctly to catch RSV-S4. If you install the host controller correctly, no software driver is needed for Windows 98, ME, 2000, 2003, XP and Mac OS.
•Compact Size 4Bay Enclosure: 135(W) x 180(H) x 255(D) mm.
•1-to-5 native SATA II 3Gbps Port Multiplier inside.