Addonics Product: Storage Tower III

Storage Tower III

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The Storage Tower III features three standard 5 1/4" drive bays and an integrated power supply in a compact stylish chassis. Similar to other Storage Towers in this family, the back panel on the ST III can accommodate a variety of Port Multipliers (PM) and connectors to meet a wide range of applications. The small foot print, silent operation and large storage capability make the Storage Tower III the ideal solution for a wide variety of storage applications in small businesses and homes.

When a Disk Array 5SA is installed into the Storage Tower III , as many as five 3.5" SATA hard drives can be added into this compact chassis. The back panel also can be configured with multiple eSATA connectors, a regular Hardware PM or the SATA Multilane connector to create a high performance external storage system or a terabyte storage farm. By integrating with a Port Multiplier, all the drives inside the Storage Tower III can be instantly turned into a RAID set for redundancy backups or high performance applications. Depending on the type of the PM installed, the entire RAID set can be connected to any computer via any eSATA port or USB 3.0/2.0 port.

Anatomy of the Storage Tower III

Storage Tower III with examples of various configuration possibilities

Click on the following link for a list of devices which can be installed in the Storage Tower III

Suggested Storage Tower III LED Configurations

Great for variety of storage applications - external RAID storage, Video storage, Server storage
3 standard 5 1/4" drive bays
Back panels with the following connection choices or a combination:
- 5-port HPM-XU (AD5HPMREU) with one eSATA and USB 3.0 connectors to connect up to 5 SATA/SATA II/SATA III hard drives to computer equipped with either eSATA or USB 3.0/2.0 port. Can be configured as RAID 1, 0, 10, 5, 3, BIG, or Clone mode. (RAID setting is configured through dip switches or included Windows software)
- 5x1 eSATA Hardware Port Multiplier-XA Enclosure Version (AD5HPMRXA-E) with one eSATA connector to connect up to 5 SATA/SATA II/SATA III hard drives to computer equipped with eSATA port. Can be configured as RAID 1, 0, 10, 5, 3, BIG, or Clone mode. (RAID setting is configured through dip switches or included Windows software)
- Mini SAS bridge (AD4SMSAS) with one SFF-8088 connector to connect up to four SATA/SATA II/SATA III hard drives to system via a single mini SAS cable
- eSATA Port Multiplier (AD5SARPM-E) with one eSATA connector to connect up to 5 SATA/SATA II/SATA III hard drives to computer equipped with eSATA port (require a PM compatible SATA controller). Drives appear as individual drive and can be set to a RAID group via RAID utility of the OS or the host controller
- Multilane bridge (AD4SAML) for the latest SATA Multilane connection to connect up to 4 SATA/SATA II/SATA III hard drives to system via 1 Infiniband Multilane cable
- The 4 eSATA Port Bracket for HDD (AD4ESASB) for connecting up to 4 ATA/SATA II/SATA III hard drives to system via 4 individual eSATA cables
Light weight and sturdy metal frame construction
Compact size
Low noise high CFM ball bearing cooling fan
LED indicators for each storage device
Individual storage devices can be hot swapped* when installed with removable drive systems.

* For eSATA connection, hot swap feature depends on the controller. All Addonics SATA controllers support the hot swap feature. The Storage Tower III can be powered down and restarted to swap out hard drive without rebooting the system.

Independent drive configuration is only supported with PM compatible controllers or USB connection.

Drive Bays	3 standard 5 1/4" drive bays
Connectors on back panel	STHPMXU, - eSATA and USB 3.0 connector ST3HPM-XA, ST3RPM - 1 eSATA connector ST3MS - 1 external mini SAS (SFF-8088) connector ST34ML - 1 MultiLane 4X connector ST34ESA - 4 eSATA connectors ST3 - base model and no connector
Supported interfaces choices (depends on model)	eSATA USB 3.0 / 2.0 mini SAS (SFF-8088) Multilane (SFF-8470)
Supported Operating Systems	SATA/eSATA, mini SAS or Multilane - DOS, Windows NT/SP6, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux kernel 2.4 and higher, Mac OS USB 3.0 - Windows XP or later release USB 2.0/1.1 - Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux kernel 2.4 and higher, Solaris 9.0 and higher
LED lights	ST3HPMXU, ST3HPMXA - Power, PM health, PM error ST3RPM - Power, PM health, 3 device LEDs All other models - Power and 4 device LEDs
Power Supply	150W 110/240 AC/DC adapter
Cooling fan	one 80x80mm low noise, ball bearing type
Weight	6.29 lb (2.86 kg) (100.7 oz)
Size	7.48 x 10.63 x 6.5 inch (190 x 270 x 165 mm) (W x D x H)
Operating Temperature and Humidity	0°C - 60°C, 5% - 90% RH
Storage Temperature and Humidity	-20°C - 65°C, 5% - 95% RH (non-condensing)
Warranty:	One Year

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ST3 - (Storage Tower III base unit)

Storage Tower III with 150W 110/240V power supply, US power cord, 2X 4P power connectors, 2X 4P- dual 15P SATA power ccables (AA4PSAYCBL), user guide.,

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