StarTech 5.25" Removable SATA Hard Drive/Mobile Rack Drawer (Black)

Description

The black StarTech 5.25" Removable SATA Hard Drive/Mobile Rack Drawer (Black) is a hot-swap solution that allows you to quickly swap SATA hard drives in/out of a computer, without having to open the computer case. The mobile rack is fully compatible with RAID installations to ensure maximum performance and versatility, for enhanced storage applications. It features a front panel ball-bearing fan with aluminium construction and 25,000+ insertion rating. To maximise the performance and utilise the full speed potential of your SATA III hard drives, the HDD backplane supports SATA III for transfer speeds up to 6 Gb/s, when paired with a compatible controller.

Simply instal the drive bay into a 5.25" bay on the host computer, and mount a 3.5" SATA HDD into the (removable) caddy. Connecting the SATA hard drive to the computer is as easy as inserting the caddy into the drive bay, which can be locked to prevent unauthorised removal of the drive.

Key Features:

• Fits a single SATA drive into a front accessible 5.25" bay
• Support for SATA revision I/II/III (1.5/3.0/6.0 Gb/s)
• Supports 3.5" form factor SATA hard drives
• 25,000+ insertion rating
• 40mm ball-bearing cooling fan
• Dust resistant door on bay unit
• Power and Activity LED indicators
• Heavy duty aluminium construction for the drive caddy and bay
• Key lockable drive caddy
• Rubber shock absorbers
• Adds additional hot-swap bays to a server or workstation computer
• Replaces or upgrades old IDE backplane with a SATA backplane
• Images many drives simultaneously and quickly
• Drives can be replaced or removed regularly, without external protection for the drives required after removal
• Replaces/removes individual drives from a storage array, with minimal or no system down time