Addonics Disk Array
5SA, 4SA, and 3SA system makes implementing sophisticated RAID technology
into any computer as simple as counting 1,2,3. Designed to accommodate
up to five 3.5" SATA, SATA II, or SAS hard drives in the 5SA, four 3.5" SATA, SATA II, or SAS hard drives in the 4SA, or three SATA or SATA II or SATA III hard drives in the 3SA model, each hard drive can be easily
secured inside or removed from the Disk Array rack with the simple
aluminum drive drawer.
Disk Array 5SA Tower view (AE5RCS35NSA)
Disk Array 4SA Tower view (AE4RCS35NSA)
Disk Array 3SA Tower view (AE3RCS35NSA)
The Disk Array 5SA, 4SA,
or 3SA, in conjunction with different Addonics SATA
RAID controllers, enables the hard drives inside the Disk Array
to be set up in various configurations: as RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID
5 or JBOD, as individual hard drive, or whatever the mix that best
fits the application. The Disk Array can start with as little as
one hard drive and then expands as needed. Hard Drive can also be
removed or added to the system without turning off your system power
or restarting your computer (1).
The Disk Array 5SA and 4SA can be mounted into any system
with three 5 1/4" drive bay stack whereas the 3SA can be fitted
into a two 5 /1/4" drive bays. By using optional power adapter
and external SATA cable, both the 4SA and 3SA can be used as an
external RAID storage enclosure. Constructed with aluminum for durability
and efficient heat conduction, a high CFM fan system is located
at the back of the unit to ensure efficient cooling of any hard
drive.
Combining with Addonics Serial ATA RAID controllers,
high performance and reliable data storage system can be implemented
at less than half of the cost of the traditional IDE or SCSI systems.
In addition, using the Addonics optional external Serial ATA power
supply and external SATA cable, each hard drive can be removed from
the Disk Array and used as external Serial ATA hard drive, allowing
the convenient transfer of data to different computers!
Product features
Disk Array 5SA - for installing 5 SATA or SAS hard drives into three 5 1/4" drive bay stack flipped horizontally*
Disk Array 4SA - for installing 4 SATA or SAS hard drives into
three 5 1/4" drive bay stack
Disk Array 3SA - for installing 3 SATA hard drives into two 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
Use as an external RAID system (require optional external
power adapter)
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.
*While the Disk Array 5SA is capable of fitting into 3 5 1/4" drive bay stack on a desktop tower, seating from the metal bracket may cause possible obstruction for insertion of the Disk Array 5SA. Click here for more information.
(1) 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.
Power
supply requirements for the Disk Array
The Disk Array 4SA or 3SA are equipped with two standard
4P power connectors and a pair of 15-pin SATA power connectors on the
back for easy connection to any standard PC power supply. Depending on
the maximum power available from each power connection, two power connections
from the same power supply may be necessary to provide adequate power
for 4 hard drives. When connecting the Disk Array as an External device,
use one optional
Serial ATA power adapter for
every two drives. The Disk Array 5SA comes with three standard 4P power connectors and a pair of 15-pin SATA power connectors to provide sufficient power for five hard drives.
RAID 1-
Mirroring and Duplexing for fault tolerance
Features
Best suited applications
Improved read transaction rate
Full fault tolerance
Data between two drives is mirrored in real time. Failed drive
can be hot swapped and replaced with no interruption to system
operation. Replacement drive is automatically rebuilt from the
good drive
Accounting
Payroll
Any application requiring fault tolerance in storage
system for high availability
RAID 0
- Disk Stripping for high performance
Features
Best suited applications
Data is broken into block and written to two separate disk
drive. This significantly improves Read/Write performance by spreading
the I/O load across the two drives
Video editing and production
Image editing
Pre-press applications
Any application requiring high performance
data storage system
RAID 0+1 - Benefit of both high performance and fault tolerance
RAID 5
- Parity RAID
Features
Best suited applications
Parity RAID adds fault tolerance to Disk Striping by including parity information with the data. Parity RAID dedicates the equivalent of one disk for storing parity stripes.
Parity RAID uses less capacity for protection, reducing cost per megabyte for larger installations.
Accounting
Payroll
Any application requiring fault tolerance in storage
system for high availability
*Note: It is common in RAID5 configuration that the WRITE speed performs slower than READ. Depending on system hardware, the WRITE performance can drop to 25% of the READ speed. This performance difference does not affect general database application where majority of the transations are READ commands. For applications that require large files transfer or continuous writing of data on the the hard drive such as video editing, RAID5 configuration may not be desirable.
Part number and price
Model
Description and Package Content
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Black color bezel
AE5RCS35NSA
Disk Array 5SA (black bezel) Package content: Disk Array 5SA with 5 drive drawers,
five 50-cm internal SATA connecting cables (AASAIDC18I), user guide
$129
AE4RCS35NSA
Disk Array 4SA (black bezel) Package content: Disk Array 4SA with 4 drive drawers,
four 50-cm internal SATA connecting cables (AASAIDC18I), user guide
$109.95
AE3RCS35NSA
Disk Array 3SA (black
bezel) Package content: Disk Array 3SA
with 3 drive drawers, three 50-cm internal SATA connecting cables (AASAIDC18I),
user guide
$89.95
Model
Description
and Package Content
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Ivory
color bezel
AE5RCS35NSAW
Disk Array 5SA (Ivory color bezel)
Package content: Disk Array 5SA with 5 drive drawers, five 50-cm
internal SATA connecting cables (AASAIDC18I), user guide
$129
AE4RCS35NSAW
Disk Array 4SA (Ivory color bezel)
Package content: Disk Array 4SA with 4 drive drawers, four 50-cm internal
SATA connecting cables (AASAIDC18I), user guide
$109.95
AE3RCS35NSAW
Disk Array 3SA (Ivory color bezel)
Package content: Disk Array 4SA with 4 drive drawers, four 50-cm internal
SATA connecting cables (AASAIDC18I), user guide
$89.95
Model
Accessories
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AASAPS
External power supply (support up to 2 hard drives)
$25
AASATAB2
External SATA bracket
(route 2 internal SATA ports to back of Desktop system via one PCI
slot)
$6
AASATAB2-e
External SATA bracket
(route 2 internal SATA ports to 2 eSATA ports to the back of Desktop
system via one PCI slot)
$9
AASAEDC3F
External SATA data cable - 3 feet
(Enhanced EMI shield and heavy duty connector for improved reliability)
$9
AASA2SAP15C
External SATA2 - SATA converter cable
,15cm
$9
AASA2SA100C
External SATA 2 - SATA cable, 100 cm
$12.99
AA4RCSDR
Drive drawer (black bezel) for any Disk Array
$14.95
AA4RCSDRW
Drive drawer (ivory color bezel)
for Disk Array 4SA or 3SA
$14.95
Specification
Interface
Serial ATA
Construction
material
Aluminum on frame and drive drawer
Hard
drive type
SATA, SATA II, or SAS hard drive for Disk Array 5SA and 4SA, SATA or SATA II or SATA III hard drive for Disk Array 3SA
Number
of drives
Disk Array 5SA: 1 - 5
Disk Array 4SA: 1 - 4
Disk Array 3SA: 1 - 3
MAX
Data Transfer Rate
150 Mbytes/sec with SATA controller
300 Mbytes/sec with SATA
II controller
Power connection
Two 15-pin SATA power connectors, two or three 4-pin PC power
connectors
Serial ATA
connection
Disk Array 5SA: five
standard 7-pin SATA connectors
Disk Array 4SA: four
standard 7-pin SATA connectors
Disk Array 3SA: three standard 7-pin SATA connectors
Over
temp alarm setting
65 °C,
60 °C, 55 °C
LED's
For temperature,
individual hard drive, and cooling fan
Buzzer
For over
temperature and fan failure condition
Lock
For each hard drive
drawer
Hard
Drive connection
Point
to point, no cable required for installing hard drive into drive
drawer
cooling
system
8 cm cooling fan
Weight
(with no hard drive)
Disk Array
5SA - 3.55 lb.
Disk Array
4SA - 3.25 lb.
Disk Array 3SA - 2.94 lb.
Dimensions
(L x W x H)
5SA - 8.02 x 5.75 x 4.96 inches (204 x 146 x 126 mm)
4SA - 7.95 x 4.96 x 5.75 inches (202 x 126 x 146 mm)
3SA - 8.00 x 5.60 x 3.40 inches (203 x 142 x 86 mm)
File Systems
FAT, FAT32, NTFS and HPFS
Warranty
One Year
All specifications are subject to change without notice
System requirement
PC/AT or Compatible System
Serial ATA ports
three free 5 1/4" drive bays in one stack for internal
installation of the Disk Array 4SA and Disk Array 5SA
two free 5 1/4" drive bays in one stack for internal installation
of the Disk Array 3SA
