Introduction

FWBU2DSATA12 is FireWire800 (IEEE 1394b) & USB 2.0 ComBo to Dual SATA RAID Bridge Board featuring Oxford OXUF934DSB.

FWBU2DSATA12 is a selectable hardware RAID Bridge Board for two SATA HDDs. A true hardware solution FWBU2DSATA12 requires no software to be installed on your machine.

It provides 4 hardware RAID mode:

  • RAID 0 (Striping): for two disks with same capacity.
  • Spanning: for two disks with different capacity.
  • Non-RAID (JBOD).
  • RAID 1 (Mirroring): for two disks with same capacity.

RAID 0 (Striping) and Spanning:
By striping/ spanning technique, FWBU2DSATA12 integrates two HDDs into a big drive.

RAID 1 (Mirroring):
By mirroring technique, FWBU2DSATA12 maintains data in two disk drives simultaneously and securely. If one drive fails, FWBU2DSATA12 automatically switches operations to the functional drive and alert the failure. Once a new HDD is installed to replace the defective drive, the FWBU2DSATA12 will automatic rebuild the entire HDD image in the background, while providing the un-interrupt data connection to the system.

FWBU2DSATA12 provides two host interface for connecting the computer. 

Technical Specifications
  • DC Power Connector: Mini 4-pin Floppy Disk Drive like power connector.
  • USB 2.0 Port: One USB B-Type connector
  • USB Bus Transfer Rate: High Speed (480 Mbit) And Full Speed (12 Mbit)
  • USB Bus Power: Self Powered Mode Operation
  • FireWire Port: Two Bilingual (IEEE 1394b) Connectors and one FireWire(IEEE 1394a) Connector
  • 1394b PHY: Ti's TSB81BA3D
  • 1394 Bus Transfer Rate: 100/200/400/800 Mbps
  • IEEE 1394 Bus Power: It is a Self-powered bridge board. It do not take power from the IEEE 1394 Bus but will provide DC 11.5V power to the IEEE 1394 Bus
  • SATA Transfer Rate: 300Mbytes/s
  • SATA Drive Port: Two SATA Signal 7pin Latch Type Connector
  • Supports storage with more than 2 TB per Volume
  • Provide pin header for Power indicator LED, SATA Access LED, Healthiness LED, System Status LED
Physical Dimensions
  • SCSI I 50pin Low Density Centronics Connector Form Factor
    (Fit to most standard SCSI enclosure)
  • 91.24mm(W) x 66.08mm(H) x 21.56mm(D)
Hardware Requirements
  • Desktop PC / Laptop PC: with either USB or FireWire (IEEE 1394) ports.
Operating System Requirements
  • Windows ME/2000/XP/2003/7; Mac OS 9.1 or higher; Linux
  • Driver Requirements
    • USB:
      • No driver installation for Windows ME, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7, Mac OS and Linux.
    • FireWire:
      • No driver installation for Windows ME, 2000, XP, 2003, 7, Mac OS and Linux.
Kit includes
  • FWBU2DSATA12 bridge board.
  • CB-00072--- Y-Shape DC Power Cable (Red, Black, Black, Yellow) with three power connectors
    one FDD like mini 4pin, one IDE big 4pin male plug and one IDE big 4pin female plug
  • User's Manual