- USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 backwards compatible), FireWire 800 (2), FireWire 400 interface (unit supports daisy chaining)
- Plug and play for Mac OS 9.x or newer (Pre-formatted to Mac OS X Extended), preconfigured to RAID 1 (mirrored, total usable capacity is halved in RAID 1)
- Oxford Semiconductor chipset guarantees cross platform USB 2.0 compatibility
- 1-Year manufacturer’s warranty, two 1TB 3.5-inch hard drives installed in a dual bay enclosure with built-in fan, USB cable, FireWire 1394b 9-pin to 9-pin cable, FireWire 1394a 6-pin to 6-pin cable, AC adapter, Resources CD and Quick Start Guide
- System Requirements – Available USB port or FireWire 400/800 port, Mac OS 9.x or newer, Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP/Vista
The CADA-C32 Series offers an unbeatable combination of RAID data protection, a vast storage capacity of 2 TB (1 TB mirrored), and ease of use with a Mac. This dual-bay drive features swappable hard disks and a built-in RAID chipset controller and arrives preconfigured in RAID 1 to protect your important data – if one drive fails, replace it with an identical drive and the data will automatically rebuild. Leave it in RAID 1 for automatic background rebuilding and optimum security for your files, or reconfigure to RAID 0 for increased data reading and writing speeds. The CADA-C32 is ideal for saving and protecting files, video, music and photographs, works great with Apple Time Machine and delivers high-capacity performance with redundant data security. The unit is factory pre-formatted in RAID 1 mode and ready to use out of the box; just plug it into your USB or FireWire 400/800 port to start securing your important files immediately…. More >>
I have had this drive for a few months now. I have it set up as a mirrored RAID drive. I own a photography business and obviously cannot lose data. I use firewire 800 on an iMac. Works great and gets lots of use. I will buy another when I need more storage.
I’ve had this drive since 6/2009 (three months ago as of writing this review) and it has operated flawlessly. I use Firewire 800 and mirrored RAID so one drive backs the other up. Both drives are in perfect working order and this drive gets A LOT of use. I mean _a lot_. I host a file service with this drive that involves gigs of transfers daily. So far, there have been no heat or stability issues with not a single random disconnect or data loss. We’ll see how long it lasts under these conditions, but knowing that the chances of one driving giving up the ghost before the other in a mirror setting like this, I’m not at all worried about losing my data. I’ll simply open up the enclosure and replace the dead drive before it’s an issue.
Highly recommended, from a data nerd who respects proper backup.
If you can believe it, the company said that it lost at least part of their serial number list and had me send in a picture of the label with the serial number on it.
Then a customer service rep admitted that four other customers recently had the same not-found serial number problem with the company.
After two months the FireWire port started to drop off the network. The only way to have the RAID drives sync again would be to switch to a USB connection on another computer. But as the FW problem worsened, writing to the drive would unmount it.
Customer service was very slow to issue an RMA number because they had lost the serial number.
Amazon customer service graciously said to send it back for a 20% surcharge. Fine with us.