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FireWire400/800 Bridge Board to Four IDE HDD featuring Inition chipset

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FireWire400/800 Bridge Board to Four IDE HDD featuring Inition chipset

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P/N:  1394b-4IDE - Overview

DAT Optic Inc introduces 1394b-4IDE - a FireWire 800/400 bridge board support FOUR ATA/ATAPI or SATA* devices (SATA drive will need an IDE to SATA adapter


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1394B-4IDE - Key Features
  • Two ATA Interface support FOUR drives
  • 1394b PHY: Ti's TSB81BA3
  • 1394 Bus Transfer Rate: 100/200/400/800 Mbps
  • FireWire Native Bridge Controller: initio inic-2430L
  • Complies with T13's ATA/ATAPI-7 Draft Specification:
  • PIO Mode 0-4; - DMA Mode 0-2; - Ultra DMA Mode 2, 4, 5, 6
  • Supports 48-bit addressing for large hard drives (>128GB)
  • Fit to most standard SCSI enclosure (SCSI I Cut-out Form Factor)


DAT Optic Inc introduces 1394b-4IDE - a FireWire 800/400 bridge board to attach FOUR ATA/ATAPI devices to provide a connection solution to greater flexibility of different configuration:

- SPAN - A single volume of FOUR HDD, up to 2.0TB
- RAID 0 - Four HDD Stripe configuration for the highest transfer rate
- RAID 1 - Two set of HDD configured as Mirror for the data redundant
- JBoD = or Just Bunch of Drive

Once connected thru FireWire, attached drives are detected and mounted automatically with the appropriate protocol.

1394b-4IDE is ideally suited for tailgate interface applications for ATA hard disk drive. 1394b-4IDE has two IDE channels. Each IDE channel can attach two (Master and Slave) ATA drives.

1394b-4IDE provides RAID (Spanning, Striping and Mirroring) function. 1394b-4IDE is aimed at higher-speed multimedia file storage application. 1394b-4IDE provides the perfect solution for video or image file storage and transferring of data between computers using ATA devices.


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Part Number 1394b-4IDE - FireWire 800 Bridge Board with TWO IDE - Support FOUR IDE Drives
IDE Peripherals ATAPI/ATA-100: CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, Hard Disk, MO Drive, Jaz, Zip, Tape Back-up
Operating System Win98SE, ME, 2K, XP, FreeBSD, Linux, MAC 8.6 or higher
IDE Interface 4 x ATAPI/ATA-133: IEEE-1394/FireWire
Host Interface Initio INI2430L IEEE 1394a compliant
Support data transfer rate up to 100, 200, 400 MBps SBP-2 Target
Revision 4 compliant
Firmware Mode RAID 0 Mode - 1394b4IDE-00
RAID 1 Mode - 1394b4IDE-01
JBOD Mode - 1394b4IDE-02
SPAN Mode- 1394b4IDE-03
Operating Temperature 0o C to 50o C
Operating Humidity 5% to 95% non-condensing
Operating Temperature 0o C to 50o C
Dimensions 9.15cm(W) x 6.00cm(D)
Operating Temperature 0o C to 50o C
Connectors 40-pin IDE connector x 2
6-pin IEEE 1394 connector x 2
3-pin power connector x 1
Power Requirement 5VDC; 130mA ~ 200mA
More detail spec No Driver required
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