Updated Jan 3/12
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ProAvio eSATA Enclosures
ProAvio Edit Box 4 PM eSATA Array
ProAvio EditBox 4PM Empty Enclosure - $499 - special
order
Includes ProAvio 4Bay enclosure, hard drive trays, and 1m eSATA cable. Note:
No eSATA card is included.
ProAvio EditBox 4PM 4 TB SATA Array - unavailable
Includes ProAvio 4Bay enclosure, 1m eSATA cable, and 4 x 1 TB Hitachi
SATA drives. Note: No eSATA card is included.
Spare Hard Drive Tray - $35 - in stock
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The ProAvio EditBox 4PM is a 4 bay Port Multiplier eSATA enclosure. Offering tremendous flexibility and speed, the EditBox can be used in a video editing, photography, music, publishing or data back-up environment. When in a JBOD scenario, it allows 4 SATA drives to be housed in a compact enclosure. With the ability to remove and insert drives on the trays, and buy more trays to add more hard drives, it is a convenient way to store and access a lot of data. Using your OS built-in RAID formatting, you can also format the 4 drives as a RAID 1 or 0. RAID 0 on a desktop tower will allow video editors to do Standard Def 8 or 10 bit Uncompressed with no problems, and handle anything in HiDef except Uncompressed. It connects to the computer via a single eSATA cable to a Port Multiplier eSATA card, and if it is a 4 port PM card, it will allow you to add 3 more enclosures to a single card, allowing 16 drives to be attached to a single eSATA card. RAID 5 is possible with a compatible eSATA card that has RAID 5 on it.
Benchmarks (On MacPro Tower)
Single Drive (JBOD Scenario) - Read/Write 73-83 MB/s
RAID 0 (2 Drives) - Read/Write 92-125 MB/s
RAID 0 (4 Drives) - Read/Write 210 MB/s
Dimensions - 6" W x 11 " D x 7.5" T
ProAvio Edit Box 8 PM SATA Array
When a 4 bay enclosure is not enough, the ProAvio EditBox 8PM comes to the rescue. Built on the same premise as the 4 bay enclosure, but with 8 drives, allowing a maximum of 8 TB to be connected in one enclosure. Connects to the computer via two eSATA cables to a Port Multiplier eSATA card, and if it is a 4 port PM card, will allow you to add another 8 bay enclosure, allowing 16 drives to be connected to a single eSATA 4 port card. For uncompressed HD, we recommend the EditBox 8MS listed below.
Benchmarks (On MacPro Tower)
Single Drive (JBOD Scenario) - Read/Write 73-83 MB/s
RAID 0 (4 Drives) - Read/Write 210 MB/s
RAID 0 (8 Drives) - Read/Write 375-395 MB/s
Dimensions - 6" W x 17.5" D x 11.5 " T
ProAvio EditBox 8PM Empty Enclosure - $849 - special
order
Includes ProAvio 8 Bay enclosure, hard drive trays, and 1m eSATA cable
x 2. Note: No eSATA card is included.
ProAvio EditBox 8PM 8 TB SATA Array - unavailable
Includes ProAvio Edit Box 8 Bay enclosure, 1m eSATA cable x 2, and 8
x 1 TB Hitachi SATA drives. Note: No eSATA card is included.
Spare Hard Drive Tray - $35 - in stock
ProAvio Edit Box 8 MiniSAS SATA Array
How does a 8 TB Array screaming at 515 MB/s in RAID 0 or 500 MB/s in RAID 5 for thousands less than other solutions sound?
With 8 removable SATA drives and a high-speed miniSAS interface, the EditBox 8 MiniSAS can support Uncompressed HiDef in a RAID 0 or 5 environment that is significantly cheaper than SCSI or Fibre, without sacrificing speed.
MiniSAS vs eSATA - The EditBox 8 MS uses miniSAS connectors connected to a miniSAS card in your computer. MiniSAS has a more rugged connector than eSATA, and the miniSAS technology is faster than eSATA in RAID scenarios. The drawback to miniSAS is there are no easy solutions for notebooks, limited and hard-to-get solutions for older PCI-X computers, and limited to 8 drives per miniSAS card (at this time - they're working on that).
Benchmarks
Single Drive (JBOD Scenario) - Read/Write 80 MB/s
RAID 0 (4 Drives) - Read/Write 300-350 MB/s
RAID 0 (8 Drives) - Read/Write 515 MB/s
RAID 5 (8 Drives) - Write 500 MB/s Read 460 MB/s
Benchmarks with the Atto R380 card.
Dimensions - 6" W x 17.5" D x 11.5 " T
ProAvio EditBox 8MS 8 TB SATA Array - $2029 - unavailable
Includes ProAvio Edit Box 8 Bay enclosure, MiniSAS cable x 2, and 8 x
1 TB Hitachi SATA drives. Note: No MiniSAS card is included.
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Spare Hard Drive Tray - $35 - in stock
ProAvio EB4FR - Empty Case - $699 - special order
4-disk, RAID-5 multi-interface desktop storage solution with Quad interface - FW800, FW400, eSATA & High-speed USB2.0. Capacities include 500GB/750GB/1.0TB
ProAvio EditBox 4FR Empty Enclosure - $699 - special order
Includes ProAvio 4Bay enclosure, hard drive trays, Firewire 800, 400,
USB2 and eSATA cables. Note: No eSATA card is included.
ProAvio EditBox 4FR 4TB SATA Array - $1199 - unavailable
Includes ProAvio 4Bay enclosure, 4 x 1 TB Hitachi SATA drives, Firewire
800, 400, USB2 and eSATA cables. Note: No eSATA card is included.