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Icy Dock MB662US-2STwo-bay External HDD Enclosure review |
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Written by Stuyo
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Wednesday, 29 July 2009 |
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The disk space requirements are constantly growing. And consequently, demands on keeping information safe and sound are also raising. Nowadays its common to have more than one hard drive in your machine. Of course for various reasons people prefer to have some disk space outside their machines too. Today we review one product that is intended to fill that exact spot - Icy Dock MB662US-2S.
Icy Dock became popular two years ago with their hard drive docking stations, but that is in no way the only thing they make. They do in fact have a wide range of products for creating external hard drive clusters, annotating recently on tool-less designs. Kindly enough they supplied us with a sample from their new product - MB662US-2S. Its price is set at $110 and it is being basically a two slot external enclosure with integrated RAID controller.
This is the place to share the official Icy Dock MB662US-2S specifications
Icy Dock MB662US-2S specifications
| Colour
| Pearl white |
| Interface |
1x USB2.0 + 1x eSATA (Port Multiplier) |
| Support |
2 x 3.5” SATA I / II |
| Controller |
Silicon Image 5744 |
| Drive type |
Standalone with horizontal or vertical positioning |
| Transfer Rate |
Up to 480 Mb/sec. via USB2.0, Up to 3 Gb/sec. via eSATA |
| RAID modes |
RAID1(SAFE), SAFE33, SAFE50, RAID0 (FAST), BIG & JBOD |
| RAID Setting |
DIP Switch 3 Port |
| Structure |
Aluminum body w/ partial plastic |
| Drive Cooling |
Quiet Cooling Fan w/ Adjustable fan speed VR control. Aluminum body heat dispersion |
| Indication |
Mini LED located on front panel |
| OS Requirement |
Windows 98/SE/ME/2000/XP/VISTA ; Mac OS 9.0 or higher |
| Dimentions (L x W x H) |
8.1 x 5.3 x 2.4 in |
| Weight |
1.77 lbs |
Icy Dock MB662US-2S features
- MB662 Series fits 2x 3.5” SATA I/II hard drives for maximum storage
- Plug & Play USB 2.0 + eSATA wih Silicon Image 5744 chipset for versatile connectivity
- Built-in hardware RAID controller allows six different RAID configurations:
--RAID 0 (FAST), RAID 1 (SAFE), BIG, JBOD, SAFE 33, SAFE 50
- No additional software and hardware required for RAID capabilities
- User friendly Screw-less design just plug in the hard drive and play
- 40 mm cooling fan with adjustable speed control
- Multi-drive exchangeability & maintenance capabilities
- Built with Solid Aluminum Construction for body
- Built in security slot for security cable kit
- Compatible for both Windows and Mac
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