Comments on: Sans Digital TowerRAID TR4M-B 4 Bay SATA to eSATA Enclosure http://www.paulstimesink.com/post/2009/03/06/sans-digital-towerraid-tr4m-b-4-bay-sata-to-esata-enclosure/ My blog for things that I find interesting. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:13:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Byron http://www.paulstimesink.com/post/2009/03/06/sans-digital-towerraid-tr4m-b-4-bay-sata-to-esata-enclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-1688 Byron Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:05:16 +0000 http://www.paulstimesink.com/wordpress/post/2009/03/06/sans-digital-towerraid-tr4m-b-4-bay-sata-to-esata-enclosure/#comment-1688 Also---to Ken who posted earlier: My Sans Digital didn't work initially due to one tiny issue: The instructions say to install the drives from top to bottom, but actually it is wrong! You need to go from bottom to top (i.e. lower bay is for drive #1) and I needed to reboot the EX475. If you installed 4 drives at a time (as Paul did), this error would never be an issue. I'm sure you've found this out by now (if it was your issue), but I decided to post in case someone else ends up here looking for a solution to this problem. Also—to Ken who posted earlier:
My Sans Digital didn’t work initially due to one tiny issue:
The instructions say to install the drives from top to bottom, but actually it is wrong! You need to go from bottom to top (i.e. lower bay is for drive #1) and I needed to reboot the EX475.

If you installed 4 drives at a time (as Paul did), this error would never be an issue.

I’m sure you’ve found this out by now (if it was your issue), but I decided to post in case someone else ends up here looking for a solution to this problem.

]]> By: Byron http://www.paulstimesink.com/post/2009/03/06/sans-digital-towerraid-tr4m-b-4-bay-sata-to-esata-enclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-1687 Byron Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:00:35 +0000 http://www.paulstimesink.com/wordpress/post/2009/03/06/sans-digital-towerraid-tr4m-b-4-bay-sata-to-esata-enclosure/#comment-1687 Thanks! Went out and bought the same enclosure and put in 2 2-TB Hitachi drives. Works like a charm! What a relief! Initially, I purchased another external SATA drive and after many hours of frustration I discovered that the eSATA interface on the drive was incompatible with the eSATA controller chipset in my EX475 (undocumented of course in any place that one would look pre-purchase). Thanks again. Thanks! Went out and bought the same enclosure and put in 2 2-TB Hitachi drives. Works like a charm! What a relief! Initially, I purchased another external SATA drive and after many hours of frustration I discovered that the eSATA interface on the drive was incompatible with the eSATA controller chipset in my EX475 (undocumented of course in any place that one would look pre-purchase).

Thanks again.

]]> By: pwestbro http://www.paulstimesink.com/post/2009/03/06/sans-digital-towerraid-tr4m-b-4-bay-sata-to-esata-enclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-1684 pwestbro Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:37:16 +0000 http://www.paulstimesink.com/wordpress/post/2009/03/06/sans-digital-towerraid-tr4m-b-4-bay-sata-to-esata-enclosure/#comment-1684 This is still working perfectly for me. I have am using Western Digital 1TB drives in all off the bays. This is still working perfectly for me. I have am using Western Digital 1TB drives in all off the bays.

]]> By: Byron http://www.paulstimesink.com/post/2009/03/06/sans-digital-towerraid-tr4m-b-4-bay-sata-to-esata-enclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-1683 Byron Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:23:07 +0000 http://www.paulstimesink.com/wordpress/post/2009/03/06/sans-digital-towerraid-tr4m-b-4-bay-sata-to-esata-enclosure/#comment-1683 Is this configuration still working for you? I need to do the same thing. Which actual drives did you put in the enclosure? Is this configuration still working for you? I need to do the same thing. Which actual drives did you put in the enclosure?

]]> By: pwestbro http://www.paulstimesink.com/post/2009/03/06/sans-digital-towerraid-tr4m-b-4-bay-sata-to-esata-enclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-1194 pwestbro Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:20:18 +0000 http://www.paulstimesink.com/wordpress/post/2009/03/06/sans-digital-towerraid-tr4m-b-4-bay-sata-to-esata-enclosure/#comment-1194 All that I had to do was contect the box into my ex475. I may have had to reboot the server to have the drives recognized. All that I had to do was contect the box into my ex475. I may have had to reboot the server to have the drives recognized.

]]> By: Ken http://www.paulstimesink.com/post/2009/03/06/sans-digital-towerraid-tr4m-b-4-bay-sata-to-esata-enclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-1192 Ken Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:41:27 +0000 http://www.paulstimesink.com/wordpress/post/2009/03/06/sans-digital-towerraid-tr4m-b-4-bay-sata-to-esata-enclosure/#comment-1192 I recently bought the Sans Digital box to use with my HP EX470 Home Server. I installed the sata drives and plugged the box into the esata port on the server. However, the server does not recognize the Sans Digital Box. Can you tell me how you went about installing the Sans Digital Box? Are there additional steps to installing the box - other than just plugging it into the esata port on the server? Thanks Ken I recently bought the Sans Digital box to use with my HP EX470 Home Server. I installed the sata drives and plugged the box into the esata port on the server. However, the server does not recognize the Sans Digital Box.

Can you tell me how you went about installing the Sans Digital Box? Are there additional steps to installing the box – other than just plugging it into the esata port on the server?

Thanks

Ken

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