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Addonics offers all the necessary components to build a high performance, hot swappable, Drive Cartridge system using either standard IDE hard drive, the latest SATA or SATA II or SATA III hard drive.

Drive Cartridge System for 3.5" SATA hard drive
Serial ATA interface has a maximum throughtput of 300 Mbytes per sec. Drive Cartridge system is the fastest removable storage system in the market. The capacity per drive also has now reached 1000 GBytes.
		Diamond Cipher Drive Cartridge System for SATA hard drive with SATA or USB Internal Connection The Diamond Cipher Drive Cartridge System features the new generation of eSATA hard drive enclosures with the 256-bit AES hard encryption to ensure absolute data security should the drive get stolen or lost.The Diamond Cipher Drive Cartridge System is designed to enable any 3.5" SATA hard drive to be use like a tape cartridge via the standard 5 1/4" drive bay of any computer. You can swap hard drive in and out of your computer without rebooting, and instead of a slow tape cartridge, you enjoy the fast performance of SATA 3Gbps or USB 2.0 internal connection. More Info...
		Diamond Drive Cartridge System for SATA hard drive with SATA or USB Internal Connection The Diamond Drive Cartridge System (DDCS) is designed to enable any 3.5" SATA or IDE hard drive to be use like a tape cartridge via the standard 5 1/4" drive bay of any computer. You can swap hard drive in and out of your computer without restarting your system. Instead of a slow tape cartridge, you enjoy the fast performance of the SATA or IDE hard drive. More Info...
		Saturn Cipher Drive Cartridge System for SATA hard drive (SCDCS) One of the most advanced hardware based hard drive encryption solutions in the market for SATA/SATA II hard drive. It is easy to deploy and implement. There is no software to install and no training is required. Designed almost identical to the regular Saturn enclosure kit, the only difference is the additional encryption key and electronics in the Saturn Cipher drive enclosure... More Info...
		Saturn Drive Cartridge System for SATA hard drive (SDCS) Enables any SATA or SATA II hard drive to be use like a tape cartridge via a 5 1/4" drive bay. You can swap hard drive in and out of the drive bay without restarting your system. The drive enclosure, comes in a compact foot print slightly larger than a VCR cassette, can also be used as an external drive. More Info...
		Drive Cartridge System SA35 Aluminum The Drive Cartridge System SA35 is the simplest storage solution that turns any 3.5" SATA or SATA II hard drive into a high performance hot swap removable drive cartridge system... More Info...
		Drive Cartridge System SA35 ABS Plastic The Drive Cartridge System SA35 is the simplest storage solution that turns any 3.5" SATA or SATA II hard drive into a high performance hot swap removable drive cartridge system... More Info...

Drive Cartridge System for 3.5" IDE hard drive
3.5" IDE hard drive currently offer the lowest cost per Mbyte storage. It's maximum capacity per drive has now reached 750 GBytes.
		Diamond Drive Cartridge System for IDE hard drive with SATA or USB Internal Connection The Diamond Drive Cartridge System (DDCS) is designed to enable any 3.5" SATA or IDE hard drive to be use like a tape cartridge via the standard 5 1/4" drive bay of any computer. You can swap hard drive in and out of your computer without restarting your system. Instead of a slow tape cartridge, you enjoy the fast performance of the SATA or IDE hard drive. More Info...
		Saturn Cipher Drive Cartridge System for IDE hard drive (SCDCS) One of the most advanced hardware based hard drive encryption solutions in the market for IDE hard drive. It is easy to deploy and implement. There is no software to install and no training is required. Designed almost identical to the regular Saturn enclosure kit, the only difference is the additional encryption key and electronics in the Saturn Cipher drive enclosure... More Info...
		Saturn Drive Cartridge System for IDE hard drive (SDCS) Enables any IDE hard drive to be use like a tape cartridge via a 5 1/4" drive bay. You can swap hard drive in and out of the drive bay without restarting your system. The drive enclosure, comes in a compact foot print slightly larger than a VCR cassette, can also be used as an external drive. Optional 2.5" converter kit is available for the IDE version on 2.5" or 1.8" IDE hard drive. More Info...

Drive Cartridge System for 2.5" SATA hard drive
2.5" hard drive offers portability and the low power consumption feature that can be powered directly from USB or Firewire port of most computers
		Z Disk Array Utilizing the latest SATA technologies, the Z Disk Array offers the fastest external storage performance with data throughput up to 3Gbps via either a single eSATA or Multilane connection to a computer. By integrating the Addonics latest 2.5" Disk Array and a SATA Port Multiplier or Multilane connector into the the compact Z drive enclosure, up to 4 SATA hard drives or SSDs can be installed to the Z Disk Array via the 4 convenient removable drive trays. More Info...
		Ruby Cipher Drive Cartridge System for SATA hard drive with SATA or USB Internal Connection The Ruby Cipher Drive Cartridge System features the new generation of 2.5" eSATA hard drive enclosures with the 256-bit AES hard encryption to ensure absolute data security should the drive get stolen or lost.The Diamond Cipher Drive Cartridge System is designed to enable any 3.5" SATA hard drive to be use like a tape cartridge via the standard 5 1/4" drive bay of any computer. You can swap hard drive in and out of your computer without rebooting, and instead of a slow tape cartridge, you enjoy the fast performance of SATA 3Gbps or USB 2.0 internal connection. More Info...
		Ruby Drive Cartridge System for 2.5" SATA hard drive with SATA or USB Internal Connection The Ruby Drive Cartridge System (RDCS) is designed to enable any SATA hard drive to be use like a tape cartridge via the standard 3 1/2" drive bay of any computer. You can swap hard drive in and out of your computer without restarting your system through internal SATA or USB connection. Instead of a slow tape cartridge, you enjoy the fast performance of the SATA hard drive. More Info...
		Jupiter Drive Cartridge System for 2.5" SATA hard drive (JDCS) Features our new shock resistant drive enclosures, creating a hot swap capable drive cartridge system for 2.5" SATA hard drives, giving your desktop the full speed and capacity of an internal hard drive along with the convenience of a durable removable storage device. More Info...

Drive Cartridge System for 2.5" IDE hard drives
2.5" hard drive offers portability and the low power consumption feature that can be powered directly from USB or Firewire port of most computers
		Saturn Drive Cartridge System for IDE hard drive (SDCS) Enables any IDE hard drive to be use like a tape cartridge via a 5 1/4" drive bay. You can swap hard drive in and out of the drive bay without restarting your system. The drive enclosure, comes in a compact foot print slightly larger than a VCR cassette, can also be used as an external drive. Optional 2.5" converter kit is available for the IDE version on 2.5" or 1.8" IDE hard drive. More Info...
		Jupiter Cipher Drive Cartridge System for 2.5" IDE hard drive (JCDCS) Creates a hot swap capable drive cartridge system for 2.5" IDE hard drives using durable and shock proof drive enclosures which also secure your data with hardware encryption More Info...
		Jupiter Drive Cartridge System for 2.5" IDE hard drive (JDCS) Features our new shock resistant drive enclosures, creating a hot swap capable drive cartridge system for 2.5" IDE hard drives, giving your desktop the full speed and capacity of an internal hard drive along with the convenience of a durable removable storage device. More Info...