MacGurus Burly
Port Multiplier Enclosures


        Up to 12 TeraBytes in One Enclosure!

  Connect up to 5 SATA drives to your computer with one eSATA cable!  MacGurus Burly Port Multiplier Enclosures in 4, 5 and 8 Bay configurations are made to attach to port multiplier capable PCI, PCI-X and PCI-Express (PCIe) host cards. Containing one port multiplier board (4 or 5 bays enclosure) or two port multipliers (8 bay enclosure and Rack Mount enclosure). Great performance and HUGE capacities are yours. Capable of being formatted into individual (JBOD) mounted drives or in RAID arrays using utilities like OSX Disk Utility, SoftRAID or Windows XP RAID utilities, you can realize up to 300 MB/sec transfer rates and unparalleled versatility. See our Guide to Port Multipliers. Also read more at the SATA-IO.org Port Multiplier pages.

  This is the finest built enclosure you can get to store your data! MacGurus Burly Enclosures use the most robust power supply (300 WATT) on the market, great cooling with huge incredibly quiet 80 mm fans. All steel construction, you can literally stand on them. No wimpy little box with the drives stacked one on top of the other and no airspace between them. These contain full size Hotswap Bays with solid aluminum trays protecting your drives and fully enclosing them even when removed from the enclosure. Every tray has its own internal fan for the absolute best cooling you can get. All these features are aimed at giving the highest stability in temperatures and power supplied. That is the #1 priority of a drive enclosure. Is your data worth the best protection possible?

  Attaching the enclosure to your computer couldn’t be easier. With an eSATA connector on the back for each port multiplier - you connect the optional 1 or 2 meter long eSATA cable between PCI host card and enclosure. Enclosures come fully assembled either ready to install your choice of hard drives or already assembled and tested with Seagate SATA Hard Drives for industry leading performance at bargain prices. All components are SATAII capable and meet all SATA-IO.org specifications.

• Must be attached to port multiplier capable host card or motherboard bus
• eSATA Connections and cables
• 300 WATT Switchable power supply 90 - 230 volt
• Sil-Image 3726 chipset Port Multiplier
• 4 and 5 Bay enclosure single cable, 1 port multiplier
• 8 Bay tower and rack 2 data cables and 2 port multipliers
• Fully Assembled with data and power cables and hotswap bays
• Optional 1 meter or 2 meter external eSATA data cables, both fully supported by SATAII specification
• Optional with or without drives
• Requires use of a Port Multiplier Capable Host card.
  PCI, PCI-X, PCIe, Cardbus and Express34 cards available HERE
  
  
• Spare Drive Trays available at bottom of page
  Note: LCD trays will not work in standard bays. The reverse does work, standard trays work perfectly in LCD bays. So if you have an LCD equipped enclosure you can purchase additional LCD or standard trays. If you have a standard tray equipped enclosure you can only use standard trays.

Tray Options:

   Hotswap Drive Bays come in either Standard LED Trays with status lights, LCD Display version - and now a high end Trayless System with LED activity and power lights. Tray systems fully surround and protect the drives when out of the enclosure. Perfect for stacking archived drives on a shelf and extra trays are available at the bottom of this page.

  Standard Trays are simple and low key. Personally I like these no frills trays. Each tray has built in drive power and drive activity lights you know which drives are working.

  LCD Display Trays for those how want some direct monitoring of drive status. The LCD display is pictured at right. Shows activity, drive temp and fan operation. Also has audible overtemp and fan failure alarms.
   Note: LCD trays will not insert into standard bays. The reverse does work, standard trays work perfectly in LCD bays. So if you have an LCD equipped enclosure you can purchase additional LCD or Standard trays. If you have a standard tray equipped enclosure you can only use standard trays.

  Trayless Hotswap Drive System! Very high quality trayless system that slips drives in and out seamlessly. Took us a while to find a trayless system that passed our testing with most of the ones we have seen not nearly robust enough. This one is, solid construction and detail. Perfect for those wanting the fastest drive swaps possible with least amount of screwdriver time (basically none since you open the door, push the drive in and then close the door). The one downside to trayless systems is when you pull a drive you are handling a bare drive. You will need antistatic bags or other protected storage for drives when they are out of the enclosure.

Photos of Burly 5 bay with Trayless System and open door which slides drive out for easy access.
                       

A word about OEM versus Retail Drives - MacGurus' strongly recommends that our customers avoid purchasing drives marketed as OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) hard drives. We suggest that you only purchase and use Retail drives. Retail drives carry the retail manufacturer's warranty, 3 to 5 years, with all the contractual support that the warranty provides. OEM drives were originally manufactured under contract for one of the many major manufacturers of computers and or servers. OEM drives often do not carry a warranty from the drive manufacturer nor from the OEM buyer. Instead they are sold to resellers 'as is' and any warranty is provided by the reseller. Worse yet, these drives may have custom firmware as specified by the OEM. We frequently see customers with OEM market drives have compatibility problems in desktop usage. There is just no way to know what you are getting when you purchase OEM drives and warranty coverage is hit or miss depending on the source. The total randomness in behavior makes it very difficult to diagnose and maintain your storage array. Data transfer problems, mounting failures and total drive failures are common when OEM drives are used. MacGurus ONLY sells Retail drives.

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Burly 4 Bay PM Enclosure 
Includes:

• Assembled 4 Bay Enclosure
• Port Multiplier
• 4 Hotswap Bays, your choice of standard or LCD
• 1 Shielded External eSATA cable, your choice of 1 meter or 2 meter

picture shown with LCD hotswap bays
The enclosure has two 80mm cooling fans
300 watt power supply, 115-230 volt
Dimensions: 7"w x 15.3"d x 10.3"h

Burly 4 Bay SATA Hot Swap PM		MGBurly4PM	$486.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $3]	Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $86] Trayless Bays [Add $96]
4 Bay with external cables and Port Multiplier

Burly 4 Bay SATA Hot Swap PM 2TB		MGBurly4PM-2T	$774.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $3]	Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $86] Trayless Bays [Add $96]
Includes 4 Seagate 500 GB hard drives

Burly 4 Bay SATA Hot Swap PM 4TB		MGBurly4PM-4T	$992.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $3]	Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $86] Trayless Bays [Add $96]
Includes 4 Seagate 1 TB hard drives

Burly 4 Bay SATA Hot Swap PM 6TB		MGBurly4PM-6T	$1141.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $3]	Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $86] Trayless Bays [Add $96]
Includes 4 Seagate 1.5 TB hard drives

Burly 4 Bay SATA Hot Swap PM 8TB		MGBurly4PM-8T	$1593.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $3]	Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $86] Trayless Bays [Add $96]
Includes 4 Seagate 2 TB hard drives

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Burly 5 Bay PM Enclosure 
Includes:

• Assembled 5 Bay Enclosure
• Port Multiplier
• 5 Hotswap Bays, your choice of standard or LCD
• 1 Shielded External eSATA cable, your choice of 1 meter or 2 meter

picture shown with Standard hotswap bays
The enclosure has two 80mm cooling fans
300 watt power supply, 115-230 volt
Dimensions: 7"w x 15.3"d x 10.3"h

Burly 5 Bay w/ Port Multiplier		MGBurly5PM	$544.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $3]	Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $107.50] Trayless Bays [Add $120.00]
5 Bay with external cables and Port Multiplier

Burly 5 Bay w/Port Multiplier 2.5TB		MGBurly5PM-25T	$904.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $3]	Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $107.50] Trayless Bays [Add $120.00]
Includes 5 Seagate 500 GB hard drivess

Burly 5 Bay w/Port Multiplier 5TB		MGBurly5PM-5T	$1177.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $3]	Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $107.50] Trayless Bays [Add $120.00]
Includes 5 Seagate 1 TB hard drives

Burly 5 Bay w/Port Multiplier 7.5TB		MGBurly5PM-75T	$1363.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $3]	Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $107.50] Trayless Bays [Add $120.00]
Includes 5 Seagate 1.5 TB hard drives

Burly 5 Bay w/Port Multiplier 10TB		MGBurly5PM-10T	$1928.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $3]	Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $107.50] Trayless Bays [Add $120.00]
Includes 5 Seagate 2 TB hard drives

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Burly 8 Bay PM Enclosure 
Includes:

• Assembled 8 Bay Enclosure
• 2 Port Multipliers
• 8 Hotswap Bays, your choice of standard or LCD
• 2 Shielded External eSATA cables, your choice of 1 meter or 2 meter

picture shown with Standard hotswap bays
The enclosure has three 80mm cooling fans
300 watt power supply, 115-230 volt
Dimensions: 7"w x 18"d x 17"h

Burly 8 Bay w/Port Multiplier		MGBurly8PM	$911.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $6]		Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $172] Trayless Bays [Add $192]

Burly 8 Bay w/Port Multiplier 4TB		MGBurly8PM-4T	$1487.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $6]		Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $172] Trayless Bays [Add $192]
Includes 8 Seagate 500 GB hard drives

Burly 8 Bay w/Port Multiplier 8TB		MGBurly8PM-8T	$1923.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $6]		Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $172] Trayless Bays [Add $192]
Includes 8 Seagate 1 TB hard drives

Burly 8 Bay w/Port Multiplier 12TB		MGBurly8PM-12T	$2222.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $6]		Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $172] Trayless Bays [Add $192]
Includes 8 Seagate 1.5 TB hard drives

Burly 8 Bay w/Port Multiplier 16TB		MGBurly8PM-16T	$3126.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $6]		Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $172] Trayless Bays [Add $192]
Includes 8 Seagate 2 TB hard drives

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Burly 8 Bay Rack Mount PM Enclosure
Includes:

• Assembled 8 Bay 4U Rack Enclosure
• 2 Port Multipliers
• 2 x 80 mm and 1 x 120 mm cooling fan
• 8 Hotswap Bays, your choice of standard or LCD
• 2 Shielded External eSATA cables, your choice of 1 meter or 2 meter

picture shown with Standard hotswap bays
The enclosure has two 80mm cooling fans
and one 120mm cooling fan
300 watt power supply, 115-230 volt
Dimensions: 19"w x 19.69"d x 6.96"h

Burly 8 Bay Rack Mount w/Port Multiplier		MGBurly8RPM	$1155.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $6]		Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $172] Trayless Bays [Add $192]

Burly 8 Bay Rack Mount w/Port Multiplier 4TB		MGBurly8RPM-4T	$1731.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $6]		Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $172] Trayless Bays [Add $192]
Includes 8 Seagate 500 GB hard drives

Burly 8 Bay Rack Mount w/Port Multiplier 8TB		MGBurly8RPM-8T	$2167.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $6]		Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $172] Trayless Bays [Add $192]
Includes 8 Seagate 1 TB hard drives

Burly 8 Bay Rack Mount w/Port Multiplier 12TB		MGBurly8RPM-12T	$2465.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $6]		Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $172] Trayless Bays [Add $192]
Includes 8 Seagate 1.5 TB hard drives

Burly 8 Bay Rack Mount w/Port Multiplier 16TB		MGBurly8RPM-16T	$3369.00
Select Cable Length 2 meter eSATA-eSATA 1 meter eSATA-eSATA [Subtract $6]		Select Bay Type Standard Bays LCD Bays [Add $172] Trayless Bays [Add $192]
Includes 8 Seagate 2 TB hard drives

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Spare Drive Trays

Standard SATA Drive Tray BurlyHS-b-t $26.25 black standard tray only

LCD SATA Drive Tray BurlyHSLCD-b-t $42.00 black LCD tray only

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