Applying the innovative storage design concept from the original Storage Tower, the Mini Storage Tower features increased portability, almost half the size and weight of it's predecessor. The Mini Storage Tower stores up to 4 standard 3 1/2" or 4 2.5" Mobile Racks, and comes with a low noise cooling fan and stylish design with swing open front panel for easy drive access. Similar to the Storage Tower, all the hard drives inside can be connected to computer via a single USB, eSATA, Multilane cable or 4 eSATA cable with a choice of different back panel configurations.

Example of back panels with different interface connection

Using the back panel with eSATA or the latest SATA Multilane connectors, you can build yourself a high performance (up to 3 Gbits/sec using SATA II) external storage system or a terabyte storage farm, and connect it up to 6 feet away from the computer system! Any SATA hard drives inside the Mini Storage Tower can be easily converted into eSATA (the latest external SATA standard). Each drive can be connected directly to a eSATA host controller for maximum throughput in any system. For better cable management, multiple SATA hard drives inside the Mini Storage Tower can be connected to system via one cable using a Port Mutiplier (model: MST5X1PM), a hardware Port Multiplier (model: ST5XHPM) or a SATA Multilane bridge (model: MST4ML).

Need to connect Terabytes external storage or multiple drives to your system via the convenience and speed of the USB 2.0? The Mini Storage Tower with the bult-in JBOD USB adapter, model MST4IDEU2, is the perfect answer. You can connect up to 4 IDE hard drives (or SATA hard drives using the Addonics SATA-IDE converter) inside the Mini Storage Tower to your system with one single USB cable. The 4 drives can be set up to appear to your system as 1 large drive, 2 drives or as 4 individual drives.

Illustration of Mini Storage Tower
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Mini Storage Tower with examples of various configuration possibilities

When combined with the Jupiter Mobile Rack or Mobile Rack 25, the Mini Storage Tower is capable of becoming a multiple bay(up to 4) hot swappable removable drive system for 2 1/2" IDE or Serial ATA hard drives through the ubiquitous USB 2.0/1.1 or high speed eSATA interface. For the security conscious, Jupiter Cipher Mobile Rack can be added to provide bullet proof hardware security to protect the data.

To ensure efficient cooling of all the storage devices inside the enclosure, the Mini Storage Tower includes a high CFM cooling fan and vented front panel for a well ventilated interior with superior air flow. The case cover which extends over the top and side panels can also be easily removed to provide easy access for storage device installation and cable connection.

Features

Great for variety of storage applications - external RAID storage, Video storage, Server storage
4 standard 3 1/2" drive bays with build-in mounting brackets
Available in Acrylic white and Acrylic black
Back panels with the following connection choices or a combination:
- SATA hardware Port Multiplier to connect up to 4 SATA/SATA II hard drives† to computer via any eSATA port or with USB 2.0 port (requireds optional eSATA to USB 2.0 adapter, AAU2ESA). Can be configurated as RAID 1, 0, 1+0, JBOD or as individual driveˆ.
- SATA Port Multiplier to connect up to 4 SATA/SATA II hard drives† to computer as via 1 eSATA port (require a PM compatible SATA Controller). Can be configured as RAID 1, 0, 1+0, RAID 5, JBOD or as individual drive.
- Multilane bridge for the latest SATA Multilane connection to connect up to 4 SATA/SATA II hard drives to system via 1 Infiniband Multilane cable
- JBOD USB to connect up to 4 IDE hard drives† as JBOD (1 large combined drive or 2 large combined drives), or 4 individual drives to computer via 1 USB 2.0/1.1 port
- 4 eSATA connectors for connecting 4 hard drives to system via 4 individual eSATA cables.
Light weight and sturdy metal frame construction
Compact size
Swing open front panel for convenient access to disk drive.
Ventilated front panel for efficient air flow.
Low noise high CFM ball bearing cooling fan
150W 110/220 power supply
Power and drive access LEDs (drive access LED available only on model with Port Multiplier or JBOD USB controller)
Individual storage device can be hot swapped when installed with 2.5" SATA Mobile Rack solutions

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

ˆIndependent drive configuration is only supported with controllers with Silicon Image SIL3124 or SIL3132 chip set.

† IDE and SATA hard drive can be mixed in the Mini Storage Tower. IDE hard drives can be changed to SATA interface with the addition of IDE - SATA converter. SATA hard drives can be changed to IDE interface with the addition of SATA - IDE converter.

Specifications

For power and drive access (access LED for model with Port Multiplier and JBOD USB back panels only)

Drive Bays	4 standard 5 1/4" drive bays
Connectors on back panel	MST4ESA - 4 eSATA connectors MST5X1PM - 1 eSATA connector MST4SAML - 1 MultiLane 4X connector MST4IDEU2 - 1 USB 2.0 type B connector MSTMPC - no back panel
Supported interfaces	back panel with eSATA connector - SATA interface back panel with Multilane connector - SATA interface back panel with USB 2.0 connector - USB 2.0 interface
Supported Operating Systems	Mini Storage Tower is OS Independent. Support for Operating Systems depend on type of interface or back panel used. USB 2.0/1.1 - Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux kernel 2.4 and higher, Solaris 9.0 and higher SATA/eSATA - DOS, Windows NT/SP6, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux kernel 2.4 and higher, Mac OS Multilane - Windows 98SE, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003 and Linux, Mac OS 10.4.x with G4 or G5
LED lights:	Power and drive access LEDs (drive access LED available only on model with Port Multiplier or JBOD USB controller)
Power Supply:	150 Watts 110/220V input
Cooling fan	1
Weight:	4.9 lb (2.22 kg) (78.4oz)
Size:	5.25 x 10.4 x 7.25 inch (133.35 x 264.16 x 184.15 mm) (W x D x H)
Operating Humidity:	20% - 80%
Operating Temperature:	5°C - 35°C
Warranty:	One Year

System Requirements

PC/AT or Compatible System
One of the following IO ports: USB 2.0/1.1, Multilane, eSATA or SATA port.
Pentium II 350 MHz or Greater
Minimum 64 MB RAM

specification subject to change without notice