Sonnet tempo E4P and Fussion D500P

[James Reid]

[Nick Franco] “i’ve only just brought a new encasment D500P in the last week with no drives in it. i’ll speak to sonnet agin tomorrow.”

You can’t buy a D500P directly from Sonnet in North America,
it’s been replaced by the Fusion D500P E-series.
Some resellers may have old stock they want to get rid of.

[James Reid]

[Nick Franco] “Cna any one recommend a better low budget option than i have already? maybe i should just by the Sonnet D800 i can not spend my life trying toget one piece of equipment to work.”

I have on order from WiebeTech the SilverSATA V five Bay SATA Enclosure (SISV-0-BND-1).
It has a 200 watt power supply.
$ 914.56 CAN
Includes a PCI-X Port Multiplier card for G5s (also has jumpers for using in a G4 as well).

It’s reviewed here at AMUG:

https://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/wiebetech/silver5/

[Nick Franco]

Thanks for that

i’ll will probably look for something that has 8 drives+ need to do some Uncompressed HD. and i’ll probably go hard ware raid. i will have a look at your suggestion in more detail. but for now i’m still stuck with the sonnets.

as i said i’ll call them tomorrow

thanks again

Nick

Nick
http://www.1185films.com

[Bob Zelin]

Hi –
I stopped following this thread, and just started reading it again. I am not aware of Sonnet saying anything like this.
Sonnet does not manufacture these chassis – they are made by Enhance Technology in southern california, and “sourced” to Sonnet. I will contact Enhance today to enquire about these comments.

In addition, my issue the other day, with the “drives not mounting” turned out to be a bad slot in the 500P. When I replaced the chassis, the problem went away.

Wiebetech also does not manufacture anything, but also sells Asian manufactured chassis. Why on earth that you feel that a Wiebetech chassis will be better than a Sonnet or Cal Digit or Firmtek or Dulce is beyond me. You have already been told that these chassis worked for A LONG TIME and then failed. Their is no magic to this stuff. Remember, this is an AJA forum, and AJA cards have problems too – and if an AJA card fails, you don’t say “AJA SUCKS, IM BUYING A PINNACLE CINEWAVE – THEY NEVER BREAK”.

I can only assume that when you replace your chassis, your problem will be gone. Please remember that ALL of these port multiplier products are compatible – you can stick your drives in any port multipler chassis that uses the Silicon Image 3124 chipset, and it will work with your Sonnet port multiplier host adaptor card. You will probably be fine when you change out your chassis.

Bob Zelin

[Nick Franco]

Hi Bob

You advice has been a lifesaver. Unfortunately even though sonnet has offered to replace the chassis direct through from the USA, I