|
Disk Array 4SA and Disk Array 3SA
Addonics Disk Array 4SA and the 3SA system makes implementing sophisticated RAID technology into any computer as simple as counting 1,2,3. Designed to accommodate up to four 3.5" SATA or SATA II hard drives in the 4SA or up to three 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.
The Disk Array 4SA or 3SA, in conjunction with different Addonics SATA RAID controller, 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
The Disk Array 4SA can be mounted into any systems 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!
features
- Disk Array 4SA - for installing 4 SATA 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
- Drive drawer can be interchanged with the ABS plastic version of the Drive Cartridge System SA35.
- Use as an external RAID system (require optional external power adapter)
- Hot swap (1) support
- 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.
Power supply requirements for the Disk Array 4SA or 3SA
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.
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
|
|
Description and Package Content |
|
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
AE4RCS35S4C |
Disk Array 4SA (black bezel) with 4-port RAID controller
Package content: Disk Array 4SA with 4 drive drawers (black bezel), four 50-cm internal SATA connecting cables (AASAIDC18I), 4-port Serial ATA RAID controller (
ADST114), user guide |
|
AE4R35S3GX4 |
Disk Array 4SA (black bezel) with SATA II PCI-X 4-port RAID5/JBOD controller
Package content: Disk Array 4SA with 4 drive drawers (black bezel), four 50-cm internal SATA connecting cables (AASAIDC18I), SATA II PCI-X 4-port Serial ATA RAID controller (
ADS3GX4R5), user guide |
|
AEEX4R35S3G |
External Disk Array 4SA (black bezel) with 4-port eSATA II RAID5/JBOD PCI-X controller
Package content: Disk Array 4SA with 4 drive drawers (black bezel), user guide, 4-port eSATA II RAID5 PCI-X controller (
ADS3GX4R5-E). Note that external connecting cables are not included.
Please see
cable requirements and order the appropriate cables with the controller when you shop
Power supply for external connection is not included. For detail, please see
Power supply requirements section |
|
AA4RCSDR
|
Drive drawer (black bezel) for Disk Array 4SA or 3SA |
|
Model |
Description and Package Content |
|
Ivory color bezel |
|
AE3RCS35NSAW |
Disk Array 3SA (Ivory color bezel)
Package content: Disk Array 3SA with 3 drive drawers, three 50-cm internal SATA connecting cables (AASAIDC18I), user guide |
|
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 |
|
AE4RCS35S4WC |
Disk Array 4SA (Ivory color bezel) with 4-port RAID controller
Package content: Disk Array 4SA with 4 drive drawers (ivory color bezel), four 50-cm internal SATA connecting cables (AASAIDC18I), 4-port Serial ATA RAID controller (
ADST114), user guide |
|
AE4R35S3GX4W |
Disk Array 4SA with SATA II PCI-X 4-port RAID5/JBOD controller
Package content: Disk Array 4SA with 4 drive drawers (ivory color bezel), four 50-cm internal SATA connecting cables (AASAIDC18I), SATA II PCI-X 4-port Serial ATA RAID controller (
ADS3GX4R5), user guide. |
|
AEEX4R35S3GW |
External Disk Array 4SA(Ivory color bezel) with 4-port eSATA II RAID5/JBOD PCI-X controller
Package content: Disk Array 4SA with 4 drive drawers (ivory color bezel), user guide, 4-port eSATA II RAID5 PCI-X controller (
ADS3GX4R5-E). Note that external connecting cables are not included.
Please see
cable requirements and order the appropriate cables with the controller when you shop from our online store or other Addonics resellers
Power supply for external connection is not included. For detail, please see
Power supply requirements section |
|
AA4RCSDRW
|
Drive drawer (ivory color bezel) for Disk Array 4SA or 3SA |
Specification
|
Interface |
Serial ATA |
|
Construction material |
Aluminum on frame and drive drawer |
|
Hard drive type |
SATA or SATA II hard drive |
|
Number of drives |
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 4-pin PC power connector |
|
Serial ATA connection |
Disk Array 4SA: four standard 7-pin SATA connector
Disk Array 3SA: three standard 7-pin SATA connector |
|
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 4SA - 3.25 lb.
Disk Array 3SA - 2.94 lb. |
|
Dimensions (L x W x H) |
7.95 x 5.75 x 4.96 inches (202 x 146 x 126 mm) |
|
File Systems |
FAT, FAT32, NTFS and HPFS |
|
Warranty |
One Year |
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
- two free 5 1/4" drive bays in one stack for internal installation of the Disk Array 3SA
- Pentium or greater
- Minimum 32 MB RAM
- 10 MB minimum free hard disk space
|
|