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The Ruby Drive Cartridge System (RDCS) is designed to enable any 2.5" 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. Instead of a slow tape cartridge, you enjoy the fast performance of the SATA hard drive. With an optional external power adapter, the RDCS can also be installed externally for different types of applications. Once the OS detects the presence of the RDCS enclosure (cartridge), it appears as an additional hard drive to the system. There is no driver to install or special software required to do data backup or restoration. Data is stored uncompressed in its own native file format and can be accessed readily by any application program. For more detail on drive cartridge system, please visit the following tutorial page.

The Ruby cartridge, small enough to fit easily in the palm of your hand, is designed to handle shocks and perform reliably in mobile application or rough environment with a patented shock proof rugged anodized aluminum housing. The Ruby drive enclosure comes with both an eSATA and SATA connector. The eSATA connector allows the Ruby drive enclosure to be used as an external eSATA hard drive using a standard eSATA cable and an optional power adapter. The SATA connector allows the Ruby drive enclosure to be used as a removable cartridge in the Ruby drive cradle installed inside the 3 1/2" drive bay of any computer. The Ruby drive enclosure can also be attached to the USB port of any computer with an optional USB 2.0 - eSATA adapter.

Coming built in with the Addonics SATA direct bridge interface, the Ruby drive enclosure allows the SATA hard drive to appear as a direct connection to the host both in eSATA mode or SATA mode while at the same time isolating the SATA hard drive power and data connectors from the wears and tears incurred in some of the removable SATA hard drive system.

The Ruby drive cradle, equipped with both standard 4P and SATA 15 -pin power connectors, has integrated SATA connector for direct connection to SATA port of any system. By attaching different IO converters, the Ruby drive cradle can also be interfaced to IDE, USB or SCSI port.

Product Features Drive Enclosure features Stylish and rugged black anodized aluminum Compact size - fits inside a pocket Light weight Shock proof - up to 3 feet drop damage protection for the hard drive Compatible with any 2.5" SATA 1.5Gbps or SATA 3.0Gbps hard drive with height of 10 mm or less Compatible with 2.5" SATA SSD or Addonics SATA CF hard disk adapter (ADSAHDCF) eSATA connector for external eSATA connection Optional eSATA - USB 2.0 Adapter to connect through USB 2.0 connection Regular SATA connector for use as an internal hot-swap removable hard drive in a 5 1/4" drive bay with optional Ruby Drive Cradle Hard drive connectors are isolated by a SATA direct bridge from wear and tear in removable drive application Support large hard drive beyond 137G with single partition. No interface cabling between drive and enclosure for reliable connection. LED for both power and drive access OS support in external hard drive mode eSATA - DOS, Windows 95, NT(SP6), 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, Mac, Linux and Solaris USB - Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, Mac, Linux and Solaris Drive Cradle features Mount inside any standard 3 1/2" drive bay Direct SATA interface or USB 2.0/1.1 interface 4-pin Molex and 15-pin SATA power connector OS support in internal hard drive model SATA - DOS, Windows 95, NT(SP6), 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, Mac, Linux and Solaris USB - Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, Mac, Linux and Solaris *Note: The Ruby Drive Cartridge System with the SATA interface must be connected to a SATA controller with hot swap capability in order to add and remove drive cartridge without rebooting. Please consult your motherboard or the add-in card manufacturer to determine hot swap support on your SATA controller. All of the Addonics SATA Host Controllers are hot swap capable. Model and price Ruby Drive Cartridge System Kit for 2.5" SATA or SATA II hard drive Serial ATA Hard Drive Package content RDCSSAES $42.5 Ruby DCS for 2.5" SATA or SATA II hard drive with SATA interface Ruby Drive Enclosure RSACSB Ruby Drive Cradle RSABYB SATA data cable AASAIDC18I user guide RDCSSAEU $59 Ruby DCS for 2.5" SATA or SATA II hard drive with USB 2.0/1.1 interface Ruby Drive Enclosure RSACSB Ruby USB Drive Cradle RSABYUB USB pin header cable AAUSB5F USB Type A-B data cable AAUSBAB6F user guide Extra Drive Enclosures, Drive Cradles, Interface cables, and other Ruby accessories