Addonics Technologies AE5RCS35NSAW manual Chapter General Information, Features

Chapter 1

General Information

The Addonics 3-to-5 Disk Array system makes implementing sophisticated RAID technology into any computer simple. Designed to accommodate up to five 3.5" SATA or SATA II hard drives into three 5 ¼” drive bay, each hard drive can be easily secured inside or removed from the Disk Array rack with the simple aluminum drive drawer.

Features

∙Disk Array 5SA - for installing 5 SATA hard drives into three 5 1/4" drive bay stack

∙Can be used as an external RAID system using optional external power adapters(See power supply requirement below)

∙High throughput up to 150 MB/sec with SATA and 300 MB/sec with

SATA II

∙Full Serial ATA 1.0 and 2.0 compliant

∙Aluminum frame and drive drawer

∙Choice of black color bezel or ivory color bezel

∙Innovative lock and handle for each drive drawer

∙Drive drawer can be interchanged with the ABS plastic version of the Drive Cartridge System SA35.

∙Use as an external RAID system (require optional external power adapter)

∙Hot swap (1) support

∙Point to point connection, no cabling needed to install the hard drive into the drive drawer

∙SATA 15 pin and standard 4 pin PC power connector

∙Power switch/LED indicator and over temperature buzzer alarm

∙Fan switch/LED indicator and failure buzzer alarm

∙Power switch/LED for each hard drive

∙Drive can be removed and used as an external Serial hard drive on other computers with an optional Serial ATA power adapter.

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