The Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack for 3.5" SATA hard drive is the greatest cost effective solution for a hot swappable removable hard drive system without the need for a hard drive enclosure. The Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack is designed with the intentions of convenience and ease of use. Open the drive door, and the hard drive will be automatically detached from the Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack and ejected for easy removal. Close the drive door, and the hard drive will be firmly inserted into the cradle and powered on. By attaching one of our optional converter boards to the back of the Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack, the Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack can then be interfaced into any computer via IDE, USB, or SCSI interface.

The Zebra Snap-in Mobile Rack, the Snap-In Mobile Rack installed inside the Zebra eSATA or eSATA/USB drive enclosure, is a convenient external removable hard drive system. When attached to system via USB 2.0 or a hot swappable eSATA port, hard drive of any capacity can be conveniently added or remove from the system, similar to a tape cassette. With eSATA connection, the hard drive in the Zebra Snap-in Mobile Rack can also be used as the main drive to boot your system and for running all your applications.

Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack features overview

Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack Animated Illustrations

Interface options when installed inside a computer (SATA interface in built-in, other interfaces requires optional IO converter) SATA 1.5/3Gbps USB 2.0/1.1 IDE SCSI LVD 160 (click on images for enlarged view of connections)

External Application (ZEBRA and Storage Tower)

Interface options when installed externally (interface depends on the enclosure) Zebra Snap-In Mobile Rack with eSATA or eSATA/USB 2.0 interface Storage Tower with 4x Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack (custom built solution from Storage Tower page) (click on images for enlarged view of connections)

Product Features

• Supports any 3.5" SATA hard drives
• hot swap hard drive like tape cassette without restarting your system*
• Choice of internal or external model
• Internal model comes with SATA as native interface - support SATA I/II, can be interface to USB, IDE or SCSI with optional I/O converter
• External model has choice of eSATA or eSATA /USB combo interface
• Choice of black or beige color bezel (for internal version only)
  
• Rugged steel construction for rough handling and fast cooling
• Point to point Serial ATA connection (no cable to connect hard drive to enclosure)
  
• Suspension mount to protect against vibration and shock
• Key lock to secure hard drive
• LED for drive access and power
• Cooling fan for effective air flow
• Internal version fits any standard 5 1/4" drive bay
• Hot swappable (1), hard drive can be removed or add to the system without restarting
• OS support -
  • USB - Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, server 2003, Vista, Mac OS X and above, Linux kernel 2.4 and above, Solaris X and above
  • eSATA - DOS, all Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris
  • IDE - all OS
  • SCSI - all Windows OS

* Serial ATA hot swap feature works only with controllers basing on Silicon Image chip set from our inhouse testing. Other controllers that are not Silicon Image based may not support hot swap. You may consider adding one of the Addonics Serial ATA host controllers to your systems to ensure the hot swap capability. New controllers from Intel and other suppliers may finally support this feature. Please verify with your controller manufacturer if you need to have hot swap in your application. Hot swap is supported in Windows 2000 and XP only. On other OS, drive can be removed without crashing system. But replacing with a different drive can result in crashing the OS.

MODELS

Internal Model

External Model (ZEBRA)

Additional Accessories

Specifications

System Requirements

• PC/AT or Compatible System
• One available 5 1/4" drive bay
• 486, Pentium or greater
• Minimum 32 MB RAM
• 10 MB minimum free hard disk space
• One available Serial ATA, IDE, USB, or SCSI port

specification subject to change without notice.