Cavalry Storage CADB-U32 Series 1 TB USB 2-bay JBOD Personal Disk Array CADB001U32

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 3.7 x 6 inches ; 6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000T0C46Y
• Item model number: CADB01U32
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #24,236 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 6, 2007

Product Description

Product Description
The Cavalry CADB-U32 Series is a storage expansion solution that delivers a high quality product for an incredible value. The dual-bay array features vast storage capacity of 1.0 TB with a USB 2.0 interface. The solid aluminum case and large cooling fan, featuring an on/off switch, dissipate heat efficiently. The CADB-U32 can be configured in both BIG and JBOD. In the BIG configuration, the CADB-U32 functions as a single, large drive with a combined capacity. With the JBOD configuration, it is recognized as two separate drives.

Product Description
The Cavalry CADB-U32 Series is a storage expansion solution that delivers a high quality product for an incredible value. The dual-bay array features vast storage capacity of 1.0 TB with a USB 2.0 interface. The solid aluminum case and large cooling fan, featuring an on/off switch, dissipate heat efficiently. The CADB-U32 can be configured in both BIG and JBOD. In the BIG configuration, the CADB-U32 functions as a single, large drive with a combined capacity. With the JBOD configuration, it is recognized as two separate drives.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars solid construction, small form factor, excellent product, October 18, 2007

By	buru buru piggu (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

When I took this out of the box, two things immediately struck me. One: how small it is. Two: the solid construction and brushed aluminum finish. I was really impressed by the quality and craftsmanship of this product. That might sound like a strange thing to say, but this drive looks and feels like quality stuff.

It's a full 2 inches shorter than a 1 TB Iomega drive I bought just 1 week before. I own several other drives with far less capacity, and this drive is even smaller than most of those. The size of 2 bricks stacked on top of each other (and about as heavy), this drive sits elegantly on top of the desk and doesn't take up a lot of space. It looks simple and classy with its solid metal case. On the back, the 5 cm fan can be turned on and off via a separate switch. The power plug is a standard round type insert, so if you somehow manage to lose it, you can easily buy a replacement. It doesn't have specially constructed pins that can break or bend.

As for reliability and speed, it is too early to judge. But I mainly bought this as a backup unit for my movies, so I am not being very demanding on the unit. I am very happy with this purchase and will recommend it to others.

** UPDATE - OCT 5 2008 **

I managed to outgrow the 1TB capacity and have acquired a few more 1TB single drive external hard drives in the last 3 months for my growing storage needs. With 1TB drives falling in price to about $130, I decided to hack this drive to see if I could make it into a 2TB unit. 2TB is the maximum volume size FAT-32 can support, and 1TB is the biggest sized SATA drive you can buy right now.

I'm pleased to report that this is very hackable and easy. Swapping out the drives take 5 minutes: just undo 4 screws in the back, slide out the drive bay, and swap out the 2 SATA drives inside with 2 new 1TB drives (each held in by 4 additional screws). Zip the patient back up, format and you've got yourself a new 2TB storage device. I formated this for FAT-32 because I want maximum compatibility in my diverse home network. From my Mac, formatting took about a minute or less. If you don't need this, you can go w/ NTFS.

Do this at your own risk, obviously, as this will void your warranty.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars lots o' space, December 24, 2007

By	Bill Rankin - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

1 TB of potential storage. Actually it's two disks, initially set up to mirror each other, in case one disk bites the dust. In that configuration, you get "only" 500 GB of storage capacity, but a little more security. You can reconfigure it to use the full 1 TB if so desired. A little noisy, but since I use it only for backup, that's not much of an issue. The package didn't come with the instructions for reconfiguration, but a call to customer support quickly remedied that.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good low cost backup storage, November 14, 2007

By	electronics_buyer212 - See all my reviews

Nice cheap plentiful backup storage. I recommend it for this kind of use. I wouldn't use it as primary storage because the fan is very loud. There's a manual on-off switch to control the fan but it's not clear if the drives will or will not overheat if the fan is turned off, so I leave it on to be safe.