The Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack for 3.5" SATA hard drive is the greatest cost effective solution for a hot swappable removable hard drive system without the need for a hard drive enclosure. The Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack is designed with the intentions of convenience and ease of use. Open the drive door, and the hard drive will be automatically detached from the Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack and ejected for easy removal. Close the drive door, and the hard drive will be firmly inserted into the cradle and powered on. By attaching one of our optional converter boards to the back of the Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack, the Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack can then be interfaced into any computer via IDE, USB, or SCSI interface.
The Zebra Snap-in Mobile Rack, the Snap-In Mobile Rack installed inside the Zebra eSATA or eSATA/USB drive enclosure, is a convenient external removable hard drive system. When attached to system via USB 2.0 or a hot swappable eSATA port, hard drive of any capacity can be conveniently added or remove from the system, similar to a tape cassette. With eSATA connection, the hard drive in the Zebra Snap-in Mobile Rack can also be used as the main drive to boot your system and for running all your applications.
Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack features overview
Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack Animated Illustrations
Internal application
Interface options when installed inside a computer (SATA interface in built-in, other interfaces requires optional IO converter)
SATA 1.5/3Gbps
USB 2.0/1.1
IDE
SCSI LVD 160
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External Application
Interface options when installed externally (interface depends on the enclosure)
Zebra Snap-In Mobile Rack
with eSATA or eSATA/USB 2.0 interface
Storage Tower with 4x Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack
(custom built solution from Storage Tower page)
(click on images for enlarged view of connections)
Product Features
Supports
any 3.5" SATA hard drives
hot swap hard drive like tape cassette without restarting your system*
Choice of internal or external model
Internal model comes with SATA as native interface - support SATA I/II, can be interface to USB, IDE or SCSI with optional I/O converter
External model has choice of eSATA or eSATA /USB combo interface
Choice of black or beige color bezel (for internal version only)
Rugged steel construction for rough handling and fast cooling
Point to point Serial ATA connection (no cable to connect hard drive to enclosure)
Suspension mount to protect against vibration and shock
Key lock to secure hard drive
LED for drive access and power
Cooling fan for effective air flow
Internal version fits any standard 5 1/4" drive bay
Hot swappable (1), hard drive can be removed or add to the system without restarting
OS support -
USB - Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, server 2003, Vista, Mac OS X and above, Linux kernel 2.4 and above, Solaris X and above
eSATA - DOS, all Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris
IDE - all OS
SCSI - all Windows OS
* Serial ATA hot swap feature works only with controllers basing on Silicon Image chip set from our inhouse testing. Other controllers that are not Silicon Image based may not support hot swap. You may consider adding one of the Addonics Serial ATA host controllers to your systems to ensure the hot swap capability. New controllers from Intel and other suppliers may finally support this feature. Please verify with your controller manufacturer if you need to have hot swap in your application. Hot swap is supported in Windows 2000 and XP only. On other OS, drive can be removed without crashing system. But replacing with a different drive can result in crashing the OS.
Model and Pricing
Internal model
Model
Description and Package Content
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Black color bezel
AESNAPMRSA
Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack (black bezel)
Package content: Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack, User guide
$29.99
AESNAPMRU2
Snap-In USB 2 Mobile Rack (black bezel)
Package content: Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack, SATA - USB 2.0/1.1 converter (ADSAU2),1 power cable to connect power to SATA-USB converter, User guide
$49.95
AESNAPMRI
Snap-In IDE Mobile Rack (black bezel)
Package content: Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack, SATA - IDE converter (ADSAIDE), 1 power cable to connect power to SATA-IDE/ATAPI converter, User guide
$47.95
AESNAPMRSI
Snap-In SCSI Mobile Rack (black bezel)
Package content: Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack, SATA - SATA to SCSI
converter (ADSALVD160), 1 Y-power cable to connect power to SATA-SCSI converter, User guide
$129.95
Beige color bezel
AESNAPMRSAW
Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack (beige bezel)
Package content: Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack, User guide
$29.99
AESNAPMRU2W
Snap-In USB 2 Mobile Rack (beige bezel)
Package content: Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack, SATA - USB 2.0/1.1 converter (ADSAU2), 1 power cable to connect power to SATA-USB converter, User guide
$49.95
AESNAPMRIW
Snap-In IDE Mobile Rack (beige bezel)
Package content: Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack, SATA - IDE converter (ADSAIDE), 1 power cable to connect power to SATA-IDE/ATAPI converter, User guide
$47.95
AESNAPMRSIW
Snap-In SCSI Mobile Rack (beige bezel)
Package content: Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack, SATA - SATA to SCSI
converter (ADSALVD160), 1 Y-power cable to connect power to SATA-SCSI converter, User guide
$129.95
External model
Model
Description and Package Content
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ZSNESA
Zebra Snap-In Mobile Rack with eSATA interface
Package content: Zebra eSATA external enclosure with Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack (black bezel) installed, 100/240 AC/DC 12V power adapter (AAPAC12V-US), 3' eSATA-eSATA connecting cable, User guide
$69.99
ZSNESU
Zebra Snap-In Mobile Rack with eSATA / USB 2.0 interface
Package content: Zebra eSATA/USB 2.0 external enclosure with Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack (black bezel) installed, 100/240 AC/DC 12V power adapter (AAPAC12V1.7A), 3' eSATA-eSATA connecting cable, 3' USB type A-B connecting cable, User guide
$77
Additional Accessories
Model
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AAMRKEY5
Mobile Rack power switch key - 5 pairs
5 pairs of Mobile Rack power switch keys for Diamond Hard Drive Kit, Saturn Hard Drive Kit, Saturn Cipher Hard Drive Kit, and Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack.
11/09"The latest addition to my stack of tricks is a drive holder that fits into an empty drive bay on my PC. Install the Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack, a ten-minute project, and then hot-swap SATA drives. It's just like using a floppy: Pop in the drive and wait for Windows XP to discover it."
3/01
"The concept behind this product(AESNAPMRSA) is as simple as it is powerful: this isn't just another solution to swap hard drives easily. It also allows the user to treat her or his hard drives as if they were removable media by mounting them like optical SATA drives"
3/19 "Business users often work with confidential files, and software applications often have license agreements that are violated when multiple people can access them. Because it allows multiple users to share a system without having to share the data or operating system, those problems are solved with the Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack."
