Taurus Super-S Combo

When it comes to raw power there is nothing to beat the dual-bay Taurus. Available in the classic Pleiades design, the Taurus is built strong and rugged, offering more than enough capacity to store all your digital media files. Not only that, the Taurus Super-S Combo can also back up and secure all of your data thanks to RAID protection. Great performance, great protection and great looks – only in the Taurus.

 

Massive Storage
The Taurus is designed to house two 3.5" SATA hard drives with the option to setup your drives and combine them as one single volume or even using RAID. They are mounted to the enclosure with a silicone rubber ring to prevent vibration and reduce noise. The ON/OFF switch and LED status indication are located conveniently at the front of the enclosure for easy access and good visibility.

 

Versatile Interface
The Taurus comes with a versatile interface, featuring eSATA, FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 High Speed. To increase performance and data throughput, the "RAID 0 - Striping" setup will be ideal for your daily backup and other data transfers. For important data and reliability, the "RAID 1 - Mirroring" setup will be the best solution, automatically creating a copy of all the data in case one of the drives fails. To keep your drives cool, the Taurus is using a smart fan, which automatically regulates fan speed according to the internal temperature.

 

RAID Setup
Note: The RAID setup of the Taurus Super-S Combo can be modified during the HDD installation by adding or removing certain jumpers. Changing these settings will require you to re-format the drives. Make sure you backup all data before doing so!
JBOD (spanning)	The two drives show up as one large volume. Spanning is an array (not RAID) that is written sequentially across the two drives. By itself, it does not provide any performance or redundancy benefits. Use this if you have installed two drives with different capacities and prefer them to appear as one large volume.
RAID 0 (striping)	Used where speed is the primary objective, RAID Level 0 (also called striping) is not redundant. This form of array splits each piece of data across both of the drives in segments; since data is written without any form of parity data-checking, it allows for the fastest data transfer of all other modes. However, if one drive becomes damaged, the whole array can become corrupted.
RAID 1 (mirroring)	This mode requires 2 identical drives to implement. RAID 1 creates an exact copy (or mirror) of a set of data on the second drive. This is useful when reliability and backup are more important than data capacity. The available capacity to the user will only be as large as a single drive but when one of the hard drives fails, it can be replaced and the data rebuilt automatically.
Remarks	* The Taurus Super-S Combo only works with two hard drives installed. It is not designed for a single drive only.

Model No.	PDD-SAFBA5U2OS
Bridge Chipset	Oxford 936DS
Case Material	High quality aluminium for optimised heat dissipation
Application *	Two 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II Hard Drives (1.5Gb/s or 3.0Gb/s) Two hard hard drives of identical capacity are recommended Total capacity of over 2TB is supported
Interface/Ports	eSATA 1 port Firewire 800 (1394b) 2 ports Firewire 400 (1394a) 1 port USB 2.0 High Speed (USB 1.1 compatible) 1 port
Data Transfer	eSATA up to 3.0Gbps (300MB/s) Firewire 800 (1394b) up to 800Mbps (100MB/s) Firewire 400 (1394a) up to 400Mbps (50MB/s) USB 2.0 up to 480Mbps (60MB/s) USB 1.1 up to 12Mbps (1.5MB/s)
Features	Configurable hardware RAID controller for 2 drives (RAID 1 mirroring, RAID 0 striping or JBOD spanning) Hardware acceleration of RAID rebuild USB mass-storage compliant Supports interface data rates of 300 Mbytes/s 18-Kbyte cache for USB or FireWire data maximises performance by double-buffering 4-Kbyte packets  Perforated aluminium casing and extra large fan for excellent heat dissipation Smart Fan (automatically regulates fan speed according to the internal temperature)
Environment	Operating Temperature: 5°C ~ 40°C Operating Humidity: 10%RH ~ 80% Storage Temperature: -20°C ~ 70°C Storage Humidity: 5%RH ~ 90%RH
System Requirements (PC)	eSATA: Windows 2000/XP/Vista Firewire 800 (1394b): Windows 2000/XP/Vista Firewire 400 (1394a): Windows 2000/XP/Vista USB 2.0 (USB 1.1): Windows 2000/XP/Vista Your hardware device must have the correct corresponding port (eg. USB 2.0, USB 1.1 or PCI card) eSATA Pug and Play support required for host card driver
System Requirements (Mac)	eSATA: Mac OS 10.3 or higher Firewire 800 (1394b): Mac OS 10.2 or higher Firewire 400 (1394a): Mac OS 10.1.5 or higher USB 2.0 (USB 1.1): Mac OS 10.2 or higher Your hardware device must have the correct corresponding port (eg. USB 2.0, USB 1.1 or PCI card) eSATA Plug and Play support required for host card driver
Power Supply	External Power Adapter universal auto-switching (UL, cUL, CE, TUV approved) Input: AC 100-240V Output: DC +5V/4.2A +12V/3A
Product Size	24.5cm x 14cm x 8.3cm
Packing Accessories	Taurus Super-S Combo (no HDD included) USB 2.0 cable eSATA cable Firewire 1394a & 1394b cable Power adapter & manual
Carton/Packing	Retail Box Size: 34.5cm x 23.3cm x 13.3cm Carton Size: 48.5cm x 41.5cm x 37.5cm (6pcs per carton) G.W. 15.4kg
Remarks	* The Taurus S-Combo only works with two hard drives installed. It is not designed for a single drive only.

Description	Version	Date	Size	File
High resolution JPG images	N/A	2008/04/08	2.01MB	ZIP
Manual (English)	v1.0	2008/05/02	544KB	ZIP
Manual (German)	v1.0	2008/05/02	433KB	ZIP
Manual (Traditional Chinese)	v1.0	2008/05/02	680KB	ZIP

Frequently asked questions: [FAQ]
Comparison chart for the Taurus series: [Taurus Comparison]