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Addonics Disk Array 5SA, 4SA, and 3SA system makes implementing sophisticated RAID technology into any computer as simple as counting 1,2,3. Designed to accommodate up to five 3.5" SATA or SATA II hard drives in the 5SA, four 3.5" SATA or SATA II hard drives in the 4SA, or 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.
Disk Array 5SA Tower view (AE5RCS35NSA)	Disk Array 4SA Tower view (AE4RCS35NSA)	Disk Array 3SA Tower view (AE3RCS35NSA)
The Disk Array 5SA, 4SA, or 3SA, in conjunction with different Addonics SATA RAID controllers, 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 (1). The Disk Array 5SA and 4SA can be mounted into any system 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!

Product features

• Disk Array 5SA - for installing 5 SATA hard drives into three 5 1/4" drive bay stack flipped horizontally*
• 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
• 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.
  

*While the Disk Array 5SA is capable of fitting into 3 5 1/4" drive bay stack on a desktop tower, seating from the metal bracket may cause possible obstruction for insertion of the Disk Array 5SA. Click here for more information.

(1) 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.

Power supply requirements for the Disk Array

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. The Disk Array 5SA comes with three standard 4P power connectors and a pair of 15-pin SATA power connectors to provide sufficient power for five hard drives.

RAID 1- Mirroring and Duplexing for fault tolerance

RAID 0 - Disk Stripping for high performance

RAID 0+1 - Benefit of both high performance and fault tolerance

RAID 5 - Parity RAID

*Note: It is common in RAID5 configuration that the WRITE speed performs slower than READ. Depending on system hardware, the WRITE performance can drop to 25% of the READ speed. This performance difference does not affect general database application where majority of the transations are READ commands. For applications that require large files transfer or continuous writing of data on the the hard drive such as video editing, RAID5 configuration may not be desirable.

Part number and price

Model	Description and Package Content	Click shopping cart to check price and order online
Black color bezel
AE5RCS35NSA	Disk Array 5SA (black bezel) Package content: Disk Array 5SA with 5 drive drawers, five 50-cm internal SATA connecting cables (AASAIDC18I), user guide	$129.99
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	$109.95
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	$89.95
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	$149.95
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	$185.95
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 from our online store or other Addonics resellers Power supply for external connection is not included. For detail, please see Power supply requirements section	$195.95

Model	Description and Package Content	Click shopping cart to check price and order online
Ivory color bezel
AE5RCS35NSAW	Disk Array 5SA (Ivory color bezel) Package content: Disk Array 5SA with 3 drive drawers, five 50-cm internal SATA connecting cables (AASAIDC18I), user guide	$129.95
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	$109.95
AE3RCS35NSAW	Disk Array 3SA (Ivory color bezel) Package content: Disk Array 4SA with 4 drive drawers, four 50-cm internal SATA connecting cables (AASAIDC18I), user guide	$89.95
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	$149.95
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.	$185.95
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	$195.95

Model	Accessories	Click shopping cart to check price and order online
AASAPS	External power supply (support up to 2 hard drives)	$25
AASATAB2	External SATA bracket (route 2 internal SATA ports to back of Desktop system via one PCI slot)	$9
AASATAB2-e	External SATA bracket (route 2 internal SATA ports to 2 eSATA ports to the back of Desktop system via one PCI slot)	$12
AASAEDC3F	External SATA data cable - 3 feet (Enhanced EMI shield and heavy duty connector for improved reliability)	$9
AASA2SAP15C	External SATA2 - SATA converter cable ,15cm	$9
AASA2SA100C	External SATA 2 - SATA cable, 100 cm	$19.99
AA4RCSDR	Drive drawer (black bezel) for any Disk Array	$14.95
AA4RCSDRW	Drive drawer (ivory color bezel) for Disk Array 4SA or 3SA	$14.95

Specification

All specifications are subject to change without notice

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 and Disk Array 5SA
• 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