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Four SATA Hard Drive to FireWire 800 and USB2.0 - qBOX-SF

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  • Four SATA Hard Drive to FireWire 800 and USB2.0 - qBOX-SF
  • qBOX-SF - 4x SATA with 1394a/b/USB2.0 host connection
  • FireWire 800 cable
  • USB2.0 Cable

Four SATA Hard Drive to FireWire 800 and USB2.0

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Introduce the four SATA drive - jBOD mode) to FireWire800/400 and USB2.0 solution to home or SOHO storage demanding new SATA technology up to 8.0 terabyte of storage space with a footprint of 5.25"x 7.25" x 10.25" (WxHxD), the most compact enclosure in the market, qBOX-SF connecting up to four (4) 3.5" SATA* hard drives via 1394b/a or USB2.0 connection.


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qBOX-SF Key Features
  • Smallest Four SATA Drive FireWire 800/400/USB2.0 Enclosure
  • Dual SATA to FireWire800/400/USB2.0 bridge board
  • Most Compact, low noise, and better heat dissipation
  • Hardware RAID Level 0 (Stripe) and Level 1 (Mirror) support
  • Programmable RAID 0, 1 or JBOD 0 Jumper
  • Any OS suport Firewire bus and USB2.0

DAT Optic Inc.'s qBOX-SF is one of the latest series of FOUR SATA drive to 1394a/b/USB2.0 metal enclosure, which offers dual bridge boards let end user the flexibility of program four SATA into mix of JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1 mode, the only ONE in the market.

The qBOX-SF has built-in Dual (2) high-performance FireWire 800 (1394b)/USB bridge board to SATA drives with 1394 payload of 4096 instead of 2048, and support 48-bit sector addressing (138GB+ HDD). With such specifications there are no HDD size restriction limitations.

Any FOUR SATA 3.5" HDD (no size limitation) devices can be easily, quickly and reliably converted to plug-and-play high speed FireWire 800/1394b/USB2.0 with RAID0/1 or JBOD

Note: Due to limitation 32bit OS some systems may not access beyond 2.0TB volume

How to get around the 2.0TB volume limitation

Configuration of RAID 0, RAID 1 or JBOD can easily program to our firmware uploader (included in CD-ROM).

Our qBOX-SF offers a unique opportunity for OEM or ODM to continue to take advantage of the low cost IDE HDD while presenting high performance (800mbps transfer rate), hot plug-able devices into the brand new and expanding 1394b/FireWire market.

Part Number qBOX-SF Four (4) SATA Drive USB2.0/FireWire400/800 Enclosure
Physical Mount Space Up to four physical 3.5" drives
Operating System Any OS support FireWire 400/800 USB2.0 bus
HDD Interface Up to SATA I or SATA II drives
Host Interface IEEE 1394b, IEEE 1394a compatible.
Support data transfer rate up to 800 MBps

USB2.0, USB1.0 compatible Support data transfer rate up to 480mbps

Support mode:
Mirror - RAID 1 High reliabilily
Stripe - RAID 1 High Speed
Span - Appendable HDD
JBoD - Two Independant Drives
Cooling Metal case and 80mm, whisper fan
Operating Temperature 0 oC to 50 oC
Operating Humidity 5% to 95% non-condensing
Dimensions (5.25"x 7.25" x 10.25" (WxHxD)
Connectors 9-pin IEEE 1394b connector x 2
USB 4 pin connector x1
Universal AC Plug x1
Power connector x1
On/Off switch x1
Multilane x1
Power Supply 115-230VAC 50/60Hz; switch-able 150W Output Power
Weight 6.0lbs - 2.8Kg
Content • qBOX-SF Enclosure
• 2 Meter 1394b Cable
• 8 Inch 1394b Cables
• 6 Feet USB2.0 cables
• Hard Drive Mounting Screws
• AC Power Cable
• User's Manual
Manual, Driver, ect... qBOX-SF Manual

Drivers for Windows, Linux and Macintosh

SATARAID Utility

SATARAID Utility Manual

qBOX-P Support Community
Note: Know issue: - Not support RAID function with MAC 10.6.x 32/64bit
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