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The 4X1 eSATA/USB Hardware Port Multiplier (HPM) is the first in Addonics HPM family with an integrated RAID controller for superior read/write performance. This 4X1 HPM can connect up to 4 SATA / SATA II hard drives to a host via a single SATA port or USB port. The 4 connected drives can be easily set to different RAID configurations by dialing an onboard rotary switch. There is no installation of driver or any software required, thus making the addition of RAID storage to any system simple no matter what the Operating System.

The RAID volume, once created, appears to any OS as another hard drive. It can be used as a boot drive in application servers or mission critical equipment. The flexibility and performance of this 4X1 HPM make it the ideal equipment in high capacity storage applications such as video storage, data archiving, home entertainment or multi-Tera bytes storage farm.

The 4X1 eSATA/USB HPM comes in choice of the system version or the enclosure version. The system version enables multiple hard drives inside a system to be connected together to form a RAID volume. The enclosure version fits perfectly into the Addonics family of Storage Tower, Storage Rack and many standard multi-bay enclosures with standard SCSI-1 connector cut out. The 4 hard drives inside the drive enclosure, connecting to this HPM, can form a high performance and reliable external RAID system that can be attached to any computer via high speed eSATA or USB 2.0 ports.

For more detail information on Port Multiplier technology, please review the following URL link:
http://www.sata-io.org/portmultiplier.asp

4x1 eSATA/USB Hardware PM Enclosure Version (AD4SR5HPMU-E)

4X1 eSATA/USB Hardware Port Multiplier can be installed onto a standard PCI slot with optional PCI Converter Bracket (PCISCBKT),
allowing any desktop PC case to be used as a hard drive storage farm.

4x1 eSATA/USB Hardware PM System Version (AD4SR5HPMUS)

Illustration showing connections from the Storage Tower/Mini Storage Tower with integrated HPM to computer

Product Features

• Connect up to 4 SATA I/II hard drives to computer via eSATA or USB port
• Compatible with CF memory card or Micro Drive™ using Addonics SATA CF adapters (ADSAHDCF or AD2SAHDCF)
• Compatible with any SATA controller (RAID or non RAID) or USB port
• Integrated hardware RAID controller to maximize performance
• Supports FAST2 (2 drive RAID0 Striping), FAST4 (4 drive RAID0 Striping), SAFE2 (RAID1 Mirroring), SAFE FAST (Mirrored Striped), BIG 2 (2 drive Concatenation), BIG 4(4 drive Concatenation), RAID 5 over 4 drives, or RAID 5+S using built-in hardware RAID
• RAID configuration via rotary switch, no software required
• RAID volume can be used as a boot drive or as additional storage
• Multiple units can be daisy chainned
• System version mounts in any standard height or low profile PCI slot
• Enclosure version designed to fit Addonics Storage Tower, Mini Storage Tower, Storage RAck or multi-bay drive enclosure with SCSI-1 (Centronic 50-pin) back panel
• Support hot swap
• Onboard LED for PM health, eSATA, USB connection and for RAID diagnostic
• Multi-function LED Pin Headers for Host link, RAID status, individual drive activity, power, system ready and RAID diagnostic
• OS independent: DOS, All Windows, Mac OS X, Linux kernel 2.6 and above, Solaris 10 and above
• Firmware upgradable

Note:
1, drives connected to this PM cannot be configured as independent drive. All connected drives must be configured as 1 RAID volume.
2. BIG2 and BIG4 are capable of combining drives of different capacities, but the total combined capacity is limited to the number of drives multiplied by the capacity of the smallest drive.

Model and Pricing

Model	Description and Package Content	Click shopping cart to check price and order online
AD4SR5HPMU-E	4X1 Hardware Port Multiplier with eSATA/USB connection Enclosure version Package content: Enclosure version of 4X1 eSATA/USB Hardware Port Multiplier on SCSI-I mounting bracket, 4P Floppy Y power cable, user guide	$79.95
AD4SR5HPMUS	4X1 Hardware Port Multiplier with SATA/USB connection System version Package content: System version of 4X1 SATA/USB Hardware Port Multiplier on Standard PCI bracket, 1 low profile bracket, 4P Floppy Y power cable, 5-pin header to 5-pin header cable (AA5PUSBCL-3F), user guide	$79.95

Addonics Storage Enclosure solution integrated with the 4x1 eSATA/USB HPM (hard drives are not included, optional drive mounting bracket may be required depending on configuration)
Also Visit the RAID Tower page for complete solution complete with all cables and brackets - just install your own hard drives)

Model Description and Package Content Click shopping cart to check price and order online STORAGE TOWER ST4SR5HPM Storage Tower (silver color) integrated with AD4SR5HPMU-E click here for more detail Package content: Storage Tower (silver color) integrated with enclosure version 4X1 HPM with eSATA/USB connection, power cord and user guide $199.99 ST4SR5HPM-B Storage Tower (black color) integrated with AD4SR5HPMU-E click here for more detail Package content: Storage Tower (black color) integrated with enclosure version 4X1 HPM with eSATA/USB connection, power cord and user guide $199.99 MINI STORAGE TOWER MST4SR5HM Mini Storage Tower (white color) integrated with AD4SR5HPMU-E click here for more detail Package content: Mini Storage Tower (black color) integrated with enclosure version 4X1 HPM with eSATA/USB connection, power cord and user guide $185 MST4SR5HM-B Mini Storage Tower (black color) integrated with AD4SR5HPMU-E click here for more detail Package content: Mini Storage Tower (black color) integrated with enclosure version 4X1 HPM with eSATA/USB connection, power cord and user guide $185 STORAGE TOWER II STII4SR5HM Storage Tower II (ivory color) integrated with AD4SR5HPMU-E click here for more detail Package content: Storage Tower II (ivory color) integrated with enclosure version 4X1 HPM with eSATA/USB connection, power cord and user guide $165 STII4SR5HM-B Storage Tower II (black color) integrated with AD4SR5HPMU-E click here for more detail Package content: Storage Tower II (black color) integrated with enclosure version 4X1 HPM with eSATA/USB connection, power cord and user guide $165 STORAGE RACK SR46S4R5HM Storage Rack with ATX power supply integrated with AD4SR5HPMU-E click here for more detail Package content: Storage rack with ATX power supply integrated with enclosure version 4X1 HPM with eSATA/USB connection, power cord and user guide $449 SR46R4R5HM Storage Rack with Redundant power supply integrated with AD4SR5HPMU-E click here for more detail Package content: Storage rack with redundant power supply integrated with enclosure version 4X1 HPM with eSATA/USB connection, power cord and user guide $799 NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE NAST4R5HPMB NAS Storage Tower (black) integrated with AD4SR5HPMU-E click here for more detail Package Content: Storage Tower in black color with integrated 4-port Hardware Port Multiplier (ST4SR5HPM-B), USB 2.0 Type A-B cable (AAUSBAB6F), NAS Adapter (NASU2) $259 NAST4R5HPM NAS Storage Tower (silver) integrated with AD4SR5HPMU-E click here for more detail Package Content: Storage Tower in silver color with integrated 4-port Hardware Port Multiplier (ST4SR5HPM), USB 2.0 Type A-B cable (AAUSBAB6F), NAS Adapter (NASU2) $259 NASMS4HPMB NAS Mini Storage Tower (black color) integrated with AD4SR5HPMU-E click here for more detail Package Content: Mini Storage Tower in black color integrated with 4-port Hardware Port Multiplier (MST4SR5PM-B), USB 2.0 Type A-B cable (AAUSBAB6F), NAS Adapter (NASU2) $239 NASMS4HPM NAS Mini Storage Tower (white color) integrated with AD4SR5HPMU-E click here for more detail Package Content: Mini Storage Tower in white color integrated with 4-port Hardware Port Multiplier (MST4SR5PM), USB 2.0 Type A-B cable (AAUSBAB6F), NAS Adapter (NASU2) $239 NASR4S4R5H NAS Storage Rack integrated with AD4SR5HPMU-E click here for more detail Package content: Storage Rack integrated with 1 4-port Hardware Port Multiplier (SR46S4R5HM), USB 2.0 Type A-B cable (AAUSBAB6F), NAS Adapter (NASU2) $489

Optional accessories

Model	Description and Package Content	Click shopping cart to check price and order online
PCISCBKT	PCI converter bracket, for SCSI-1 bracket enable mounting the enclosure version of the HPM into standard PC case via PCI slot	$2.5
AAESATA100C	eSATA - eSATA cable 100 cm (~ 3 ft.)	$9
AAESATA200C	eSATA - eSATA cable 200 cm (~ 6 ft.)	$13.99
AA5PUSBCL-3F	3 feet USB 5-pin header cable, female pin header on both ends	$1.99
AAGLED5M14	single 14 inch green LED cable	$1
PCISCBKT	PCI converter bracket, for SCSI-1 bracket	$2.5
AA8GLEDS	SCSI-1 (Centronics 50-pin) bracket with eight 14 inch green LED cables installed	$10
AA8GLEDP	standard height PCI bracket with eight 14 inch green LED cables installed	$10

Specifications

• 4 internal SATA port for SATA / SATAII storage device
• SATA connector for host connection on system model
• eSATA connector for host connection on enclosure model
• Shielded and durable eSATA connector eSATA port for host connection on enclosure model
• 1 USB type B connector and 1 5-pin header USB connector for host connection
• Onboard LED for PM health, eSATA, USB connection and for RAID diagnostic
• LED Pin Headers for Host, 4 SATA devices, RAID status, Power On & System Ready, and RAID diagnostic
• Auto-negotiation support for 1.5Gbps and 3.0Gbps SATA
• Compliant with SATA II external specification
• Integrated hardware RAID controller supporting
  • Disk striping with distributed parity over 3 drives + spard (RAID 5 + sS)
  • Disk striping with distributed parity over 4 drives (RAID 5)
  • Disk striping (RAID 0) for maximum performance
  • Disk striping with mirroring (RAID 10)
  • Disk spanning for large capacity single volume
• Support for hot spare disk
• Support Hot-swapping
• Hardware RAID rebuild engine (up to HDD transfer rate)
• Sustained transfer rates in excess of 240Mbytes/s (limited only by HDD or interface transfer rates)
• USB mass-storage class compliant
• 48 GPIO (24 dedicated, 24 multiplexed)
• Maximum power consumption ~ 1 Watt
• Control board dimension (W x D x H) - 3.4 x 2.2 x .9 in. (85mm x 55mm x 23mm)
• Weight: 1.2 oz or 33g (without the mounting bracket)
• Operating temperature range: 0 °C to +70 °C
• Operating humidity range: 5% to 90%
• Storage temperature range: -40 °C to +85 °C
• Storage humidity range: 5% - 95% (non condensing)
• 1 year warranty

Note: specification subject to change without notice