| Cavalry Storage CADA-SA2 Series 2 TB USB / eSATA 2-bay RAID Personal Disk Array (Black) CADA002SA2-B - Includes eSATA Kit | 
| Brand: Bason Computer, Inc.
List Price: $250.99
Buy New: $169.99
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Format: CD
Platform: Windows
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Discs: 1
Operating System: Windows
Hard Drive Size: 1
Size: 2 TB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.1
Dimensions (in): 10 x 8.1 x 5.6
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: CADA002SA2-B
Model: CADA002SA2-B
UPC: 094922820723
EAN: 0094922820723
Release Date: October 16, 2007
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| Features:
| • | USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 backwards compatible) and eSATA interface | | • | Plug and play for Windows 2000 and newer (pre-formatted to NTFS), preconfigured to RAID 1 | | • | Configurable to RAID 0, 0+1 and 1 | | • | One (1) year manufacturer's warranty, two (2) 1 TB 3.5-inch hard drives installed in a dual bay enclosure with built-in fan | | • | System Requirements - Available USB port or eSATA port, Windows 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP / Vista |
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Product Description
The CADA-SA2-Black Series offers an unbeatable combination of RAID data protection, 3.0Gbit/sec eSATA speed and a vast storage capacity of 2 TB (1 TB mirrored). This dual-bay disk array features swappable hard disks and a built-in RAID controller. The unit 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 mode for automatic background rebuilding and optimum security for your files, or configure to RAID 0 for increased data reading and writing speeds. Factory default is RAID 1 GUI mode, but also supports RAID levels 0, 1 and 0+1(safe 33/safe 50). Its SATA interface provides a faster boot process and quicker loading of programs and data. Ideal for saving hefty files, video, music, protecting databases or working directly on the drive, it delivers high-capacity performance and data security. The unit is factory pre-configured in RAID 1 and ready to use out of the box. Install the easy-to-use RAID configuration software and the included SATA to eSATA bracket kit to take full advantage of the incredible set of features.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 8
 Another Victim of the Ridiculous Warranty August 20, 2010
JJ from NJ
Add me to the list. My unit stopped working six months after purchase and, unfortunately for me, I didn't read all the fine print of the warranty details. Cavalry does not do data recovery. They will only repair the product and you will lose all of your data, completely defeating the entire purpose of owning this thing. The worse part is the warranty is void if you open up the unit yourself to recover the data!! The only other option is to go to an overpriced licensed repair shop. No thanks, I'll recover the data myself and take the hit with the non-functioning casing. This will be the last Cavalry product I ever buy.
 So you think your data is protected now? Well, it is BUT... March 31, 2010
Gene (Edison, NJ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this drive because of a simple reason - RAID1 - I wanted to make sure my data is protected, so I am using just 1TB of space, the second drive is used for mirroring. Today the enclosure went bad (lasted just 6 months) - blinking green light (according to the Cavalry manual indicating no connectivity to the host computer), and OS stopped recognizing the drive. I tried USB instead of eSATA, and also tried USB on another computer - negative, OS does not see the drive, enclosure is blinking green.
The unit is still on warranty, but check the choices I have:
(1) send the unit back to manufacturer for warranty repair. Then my data is LOST, since the manufacturer will either send me a replacement or will fix this original unit and erase all data in the process.
(2) send this unit to a third party company to get the data off the unit (and pay like $500 for the service), then ship the unit to Cavalry for repair along with a paper from the third party company explaining that the unit was opened for data recovery, so Cavalry would not void the warranty
(3) open the unit myself and copy the data from it (remember, the drives are OK, it is the enclosure itself that went bad) but then Cavalry voids the warranty since I should not open the unit.
Laughable situation.. but the data is safe ;-)
A side note - the unit is noisy too.
 Fast drive and great tech support February 20, 2010
John Cowgill (N. California)
This 2Tb array is a great deal. It worked as a Raid 1 drive right out of the box and was reconfigured to Raid 0 using the supplied utilies in about 10 minutes. The trick is you have to READ THE DIRECTIONS. You can't skim over them or just look at the pictures.
After I was finished installing the unit I had a question about tranfer speed and was thrilled to find that when I called Cavalry that not only did they put me through to a real tech, he was glad to talk to me and knew what he was doing. Other companies just don't do that anymore.
All in all, one of the better experiences I've had with a tech product.
 Fast shipping September 12, 2009
kkfredde
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It was difficult to install, directions have alot to be desired. Drive is shipped with the drives unplugged from the socket, this requires the disassembly of the unit. Drive is also shipped raid "1," wanted raid "0." After 1 day of toying with the drive I got it to work. If you are uncomfortable with taking apart the unit and building a Raid array you might want to opt for a single drive thats plug and play. So far no problems with the drive. I do like the esata option, much faster read/write times compared to USB. I build high-end gaming machines, so I am used to building multi-array systems.
 Don't bother. August 31, 2009
T. Neal (Lexington, VA United States)
Setup is a little painful because they provided incorrect/insufficient documentation for the product (even on their website). Luckily I was able to contact customer service and she walked me through the setup (this included dis-assembling the drive array). Long story short, I have a nice 2TB RAID config, but can only get it working correctly with USB.
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