RAID IS (NOT) DEAD - The safety and performance of your data

Computer data is what's more important on your computer: all your documents, photos, music, personal and professional archives accumulated over many years. It is essential to take care and avoid data loss synonyms failures. The tower StarTech.com SAT3540U3ER external matrix helps to fight against them and assemble multiple hard drives y (up to 4) in RAID SPAN mode, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1 + 0, RAID 3 and RAID 5 .

This box connects to your computer via a USB 3.0 cable or E-Sata provided. The LEDs of the facade give more information and report potential problems (eg the LED "hard disk error"). The integrated 80mm fan has 3 speed settings (1200, 1800 and 2500 rpm) guaranteeing good ventilation depending on your use of time (1200 so little used in winter or 2500 if very busy in summer heat).

I installed four 500GB hard drives in RAID 5 which brings a unique space of 500GB and 1.5TB for protection (parity information needed to reconstruct information in the event of failure of a hard drive). The system is somewhat slower and file copies are made quickly. No driver installation is required and the tower works on all operating systems including Linux.

As the majority of Startech products, the instructions supplied is in English. It will download on the official website to get in several languages ​​(including French). It is mandatory to read carefully to understand the configuration and follow the steps of operation without destroying existing data. The board comes with all the content required for assembly except the SATA cables accompanying each drive.

Here is a matrix Tower 4 SATA RAID hard drives full and vital for business or a business on his own. Despite all its qualities and its necessity for people who value their data, the price may put off some. Warning purchasing this box RAID will not protect you against disasters such as fire, physical theft or a virus. I recommend you to other external backups (in the Cloud or on an external hard disk stored in your friends, for example).