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Diamond Drive Cartridge System
The Diamond Drive Cartridge System (DDCS) is designed to enable any 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 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 DDCS can also be installed externally for different types of applications. Once the OS detects the presence of the DDCS 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.
Constructed in heavy gauge aluminum with precision finish for smooth operation, the DDCS is built to last while at the same time providing excellent heat dissipation for the hard drive. With size slightly larger than a VCR cassette, the Diamond drive enclosure comes with both an eSATA and SATA connector. The eSATA connector allows the Diamond 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 Diamond drive enclosure to be used as a removable cartridge in the Diamond drive cradle installed inside the 5 1/4" drive bay of any computer. The Diamond drive enclosure can also be attached to the USB port of any computer with an optional USB - eSATA adapter.
Comes built in with the Addonics SATA direct bridge interface, the Diamond 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 isolates the SATA hard drive power and data connectors from the wears and tears incurred in some of the removable SATA hard drive system. 2.5" SATA hard drive can also be installed into the Diamond drive enclosure using the optional 2.5" hard drive mounting bracket.
The Diamond 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 Diamond drive cradle can also be interfaced to IDE, USB or SCSI port.
Features
Drive enclosures features
- eSATA connector for external eSATA connection
- Can attach to USB port using optional USB - eSATA adapter
- Regular SATA connector for use as a hot swap removable hard drive via the Diamond Drive Cradles installed in a 5 1/4" drive bay
- Supports SATA or SATAII hard drive
- Hard drive connectors are isolated by a Direct SATA 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.
- No switch to set between internal and external hard drive application
- Compact size for easy transportation - slightly larger than a VCR cassette
- Sturdy aluminum body for use in rough environments
- Well ventilated design, good heat conduction without fan for quiet operation
- LED for both power and drive access
- Optional cooling fan available
- Simple hard drive installation
- Optional 2.5"/1.8" converter kit
Drive Cradle
- Mount inside any standard 5 1/4" drive bay
- Aluminum construction for effective heat dissipation inside any system
- Choice of SATA or USB 2.0 interface
- 4-pin Molex and 15-pin SATA power connector
- Drive Cradle keylock to secure Drive Enclosure and power on the drive
- Drive Cradle LED can be set to come from hard drive or from controller
- LED for both power and drive access
- OS support
- 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
DDCSSAS
Diamond DCS for SATA or SATA II hard drive with SATA interface
- Diamond Drive Enclosure
DSACSB
- Diamond Drive Cradle
DSABYB
- SATA data cable
AASAIDC18I
- user guide
DDCSSAU
Diamond DCS for SATA or SATA II hard drive with USB 2.0 interface
- Diamond Drive Enclosure
DSACSB
- Drive Cradle with USB interface
DSABYU2B
- USB pin header cable
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USB Type A-B data cable
- user guide
Supported Drive Type
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3.5" SATA 1.5Gbps or SATA II 3.0Gbps hard drive |
| Supported Interface for Drive Cradle |
SATA (IDE, USB, or SCSI with optional converter boards) |
| Supported interface for Drive Enclosure |
eSATA (USB with optional adapter) for external connection and SATA for internal connection via Diamond drive cradle |
| Support large hard drive (over 137G) : |
Yes |
| Power source |
Internal Drive Cartridge System - from PC power supply
External Drive Cartridge System - from 110/220 power adapter |
| Cooling fan |
Optional for drive enclosure |
| LED indicators |
For power and drive access on drive enclosure and drive cradle |
| Material construction |
Aluminum |
| Supported OS |
- USB 2.0 - DOS, Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Mac OS X, Linux Kernel 2.4 and above, Solaris 8 10/00 or later release.
- SATA - DOS, Windows NT4(SP6), 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, Mac OS X, Linux Kernel 2.4 and above
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| Dimensions |
Drive enclosure: 8.19 x 4.57 x 1.46 in. (208 x 116 x 37 mm.)
Drive Cradle: 8.93 x 5.75 x 1.61 in. (227 x 146 x 41 mm.) |
| Weight |
13.6 oz (enclosure without hard drive)
15.2 oz (drive cradle) |
| File Systems |
FAT, FAT32, NTFS and HPFS |
| Operating temperature: |
0 °C to +70 °C |
| Operating humidity |
5% to 90% |
| Storage temperature |
-40 °C to +85 °C |
| Storage humidity |
5% to 95% (non condensing) |
| Warranty: |
One Year |
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RoHS compliant |
Yes |
System Requirements
- PC/AT or Compatible System
- One available 5 1/4" drive bay or one of the following ports: SATA, eSATA, USB 2.0 and USB 1.1
- Pentium or greater
- Minimum 32 MB RAM
- 10 MB minimum free hard disk space
- One of the following operating systems: DOS, Windows NT(SP6), Windows 98SE / 2000, 2003, Me, XP, Vista, Mac OS, Linux, Solaris
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