External docking units may be used to provide archiving capability for select Unitrends systems. A single disk device is inserted into the docking unit and the docking unit is connected to the system using an eSATA or USB cable. Features include:
• Supports 3.5” SATA hard disk drives, up to 4TB
• Hot-swap capability for rapid multi HDDs access and exchange
• Supports eSATA transfer speed up to 3Gbps
• Compact docking station design maximizes heat dissipation and exhaust
• The docking unit uses a 12V DC power adapter
Note: You can use USB drives on VMware UEB systems (see KB 1443 for details). You can use eSATA on all other systems and VMware UEB systems.
Unitrends supports a variety of 2.0-compliant USB docking units. Note the following when archiving to a USB device:
• The usable size of a given drive varies by disk size and dock type.
• For disks up to 2 TB, usable size is equal to actual disk size regardless of the dock type.
• For disks larger than 2 TB, usable size may not match the actual disk size. For details by dock type, see KB 1443.