Fusion D500P E-series Sata 5BAY Enclosure with cables Trays No Drives

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15 x 10.2 x 19.3 inches ; 14.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 15 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000VEOIDU
• Item model number: FUS-D5P-00TB
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #81,612 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 24, 2007

Product Description

Product Description
Looking for desktop, 5-drive, removable storage system to expand with your needs? Sonnet's Fusion D500P E-series offers the same great features as the Fusion D500P but without the hard drives for customer configuration. Performance, capacity, and RAID reliability is dependent on drive choice.Today's digital content creation and editing require more speed and space than anybody would have imagined just a few, short years ago - now, storage needs are spoken of in terabytes instead of gigabytes. FireWire drives used to be the storage solution of choice for users on a limited budget, but they don't offer enough performance for all but the most basic needs, and high-end SCSI storage systems are out of reach for most people. You probably need something in between - Sonnet's Fusion D500P SATA storage systems offer speed, versatility, and reliability in a compact package - they are a great solution for anyone looking for an affordable storage system that will fit into a variety of workflows.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This case is beautiful, but BEWARE, February 23, 2008

By	L. Schrader - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a beautiful enclosure, the best looking. I got caught up in the looks, and then after buying 4 of these, it became all to clear that they were all plagued with crashing and loosing volumes, and some times data all together. I really wanted them to work, even called tech support and basically found that they were only intended for 4 drives not 5, and they were buggy with 5 drives. I eventually sold or returned all the enclosures and used ugly cheaper enclosures from Ebay. My other products from Sonnet were as described, functioned, just these were not for me.

2.0 out of 5 stars Sent back for return, July 13, 2008

By	Here in Small Town Ohio "Paul & Marla" - See all my reviews

bought this based on AMUG review. Returned quickly due to:

1) Drives being dropped, array rebuilt twice already in 3 days due to this. I have RAID/enterprise drives (WD 1TB drives) but still being dropped. Unstable.
2) Noise. Reviews had said this is quiet. I don't find it so at all. The rear fan is fairly quiet, but what you don't see is that it has a tiny internal fan for the power supply and that is very LOUD. I have this behind my desk, my Mac Pro with 4 HD is beneath my desk. I can barely hear my mac pro, this thing is WAY louder.

It's a nice looking piece of hardware, and maybe just doesn't do well with WD drives, but the noise issue is a dealbreaker even if the stability were better. For my use, I need rock solid stability, and this enclosure doesn't have it unfortunately.