This 5-bay SATA Port Multiplier drive enclosure combines support for the fastest SATA drives with hot-swap versatility
and LCD readouts for monitoring drive temperatures! Plus, it's unique
design with whisper quiet cooling fans in each drive tray provides super quiet
superior cooling!
The enclosure design includes a high performance SATA II port multiplier
(Silicon Image SiI 3726) and connects to a SATA host controller card through a
single
port*. Connect up to 5 drives to your computer with just a single eSATA cable!
Auto-negotiation for 3Gb/s and 1.5Gb/s drives, so installation is as simple as securing the drives to the trays.
Start out with a single drive for simple data storage, or
fill the enclosure with five drives to create
up to a huge 2.5 Terabyte striped RAID array. Combine two or more
enclosures for uncompressed 10-bit HD video capture and editing! Connect up to four enclosures to a
SATA Port Multiplier compatible host controller like the eSATA
4 Port PCI-X SATA II RAID Controller,Sonnet
Tempo SATA E4P or Sonnet Tempo SATA X4P host controller to create the ultimate storage solution—using
500GB drives, you'll have 10TB of data storage!
Port Multiplier SATA Enclosure Features:
Five hot-swappable 3.5" drive trays with LCD temperature monitor and
fan
SATA II compliant, 1.5Gb/s and 3Gb/s auto-negotiation
Built-in SATA port multiplier for one cable to host simplicity*
Drive power and drive presence LEDs
Built-in universal power supply
Hot-swappable
Whisper quiet fans for noise sensitive environments
Works with Mac, Windows or Linux computers with a compatible SATA host controller
Standards-approved eSATA connectors rated at 5,000 insertions
