Taurus Comparison

Comparison chart for the Taurus series

	Taurus USB	Taurus 800+	Taurus RAID	Taurus RAID II	Taurus eSATA	Taurus S2	Taurus Super-S Combo	Taurus LAN
Model Nr.	PDD-U2JS	PDD-FBA3U2OS	PDD-FBA3U2OS-R1	PDD-FBA3U2OS-R2	PDD-SANAS	PDD-SAU2SS	PDD-SAFBA5U2OS	PDD-LNU2SS
Chipset	JM20336	Oxford 924 DSB	Oxford 924 DSB	Oxford 924 DSB	N/A	Sil5744	Oxford 936 DS	SL3516
Bus Interface	USB 2.0	USB 2.0 Firewire 400 Firewire 800	USB 2.0 Firewire 400 Firewire 800	USB 2.0 Firewire 400 Firewire 800	eSATA	USB 2.0 eSATA	USB 2.0 Firewire 400 Firewire 800 eSATA	Gigabit Ethernet
Type of Hard Drive	One or Two 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II Hard Drives (1.5Gb/s or 3.0Gb/s)	One or Two 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II Hard Drives (1.5Gb/s) For RAID 0, two hard drives of identical capacity and make are required	One or Two 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II Hard Drives (1.5Gb/s) For RAID 0 & 1, two hard drives of identical capacity and make are required	One or Two 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II Hard Drives (1.5Gb/s) For RAID 0 & 1, two hard drives of identical capacity and make are required	One or Two 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II Hard Drives (1.5Gb/s or 3.0Gb/s)	One or Two 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II Hard Drives (1.5Gb/s or 3.0Gb/s) For RAID 0 & 1, two hard drives of identical capacity are recommended	Two 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II Hard Drives (1.5Gb/s or 3.0Gb/s) For RAID 0 & 1, two hard drives of identical capacity are recommended	One or Two 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II Hard Drives (1.5Gb/s) For RAID 0 & 1, two hard drives of identical capacity are recommended
RAID Mode	Non-RAID JBOD	Non-RAID RAID 0	Non-RAID RAID 0 RAID 1	Non-RAID JBOD  RAID 0 RAID 1	N/A	Non-RAID JBOD  RAID 0 RAID 1	JBOD  RAID 0 RAID 1	Non-RAID JBOD  RAID 0 RAID 1
RAID Configuration	Jumper (inside the casing)	Switch (outside the casing)	Switch (outside the casing)	Selector switch (outside the casing)	N/A	Selector switch (outside the casing)	Jumper (inside the casing)	Software (via web browser)
Fan	40x40x10mm 4300RPM Smart Fan (automatically regulates fan speed according to the internal temperature)	40x40x10mm 4300RPM	40x40x10mm 4300RPM	40x40x10mm 4300RPM Smart Fan (automatically regulates fan speed according to the internal temperature)	50x50x20mm 3900RPM Smart Fan (automatically regulates fan speed according to the internal temperature)	40x40x10mm 4300RPM Smart Fan (automatically regulates fan speed according to the internal temperature)	40x40x10mm 4300RPM Smart Fan (automatically regulates fan speed according to the internal temperature)	40x40x10mm 4300RPM Smart Fan (automatically regulates fan speed according to the internal temperature)
Extra Features	USB Backup Function USB Hub	Firewire 400 front extension	Large LED indication on the front panel	Large LED indication on the front panel Vibration and Shock Protection	High transfer speed with eSATA	High transfer speed with eSATA Vibration and Shock Protection Supports single volume over 2TB	Versatile interface including eSATA connection Vibration and Shock Protection Supports single volume over 2TB	Vibration and Shock Protection USB Backup Function Network Attached Storage (SMB/FTP) UPnP, Bonjour, BitTorrent and other network tools