Reduce Desktop Clutter! Obtain Substantial Storage Capabilities With Just One Port Multiplier eSATA Connection (requires a SATA port multiplier compatible host adapter as described below).
The SeriTek/5PM five-bay hot-swap enclosure provides a high
quality SATA port multiplier (PM) enclosure design that delivers
unprecedented performance and durability. This new SATA PM enclosure
utilizes an innovative backplane design with no internal
cabling which helps to reduce EMI. It supports all Serial ATA hard drives
including the newest 1TB drives with 3.0Gbps transfer rates as well
as original 1.5Gbps Serial ATA hard drives.
The SeriTek/5PM chassis features an attractive design made
from brushed & anodized extruded aluminum to keep weight at a
minimum while maintaining structural rigidity. It includes a
built-in server-class universal power supply and offers a
special Heat Management System to ensure hard drives are kept
cool & reliable while keeping noise to a minimum.
The new Heat Management System provides superior airflow
throughout the chassis, by using a unique system of cooling
vents, holes in the tray handles and perforations in each tray.
The SeriTek/5PM utilizes two whisper quiet hard drive fans with
easy access, user selectable, 3-speed fan control. All 3.5" SATA
hard drive models do not provide the same cooling
characteristics, so why should users be locked into a single
cooling fan speed? The SeriTek/5PM is the only 5-Bay SATA PM
enclosure that provides users with the flexibility of push
button fan speed control. This feature allows users to easily
modify the cooling and acoustical characteristics of the
enclosure. In the unlikely event a fan fails or temperatures
climb too high, the enclosure warning LEDs will turn red and a
"mute-able" audible alert will warn the user. All of these
controls are placed on the front of the enclosure for easy user
access. It costs more to build the SeriTek/5PM enclosure with
all of these user friendly features, but this is the type of
quality and detailed design that FirmTek customers expect from
an industry leader.
The SeriTek/5PM is compatible with virtually every external SATA PM host
adapter on the market and supports data transfer rates of up
to 300MBytes/sec or 3.0Gbits/sec per drive. The SeriTek/5PM
easily supports the most demanding applications like
uncompressed high-definition digital video creation & editing,
computer animation, and digital photography.
The SeriTek/5PM only requires a single eSATA-to-eSATA "I-shape"
connector cable (included) for supporting all five hard drive bays. This reduces cable clutter
and allows the user to connect up to four SeriTek/5PM enclosures to a single
4-port SATA PM compatible host adapter.
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Innovative backplane design with no internal cabling
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Five hot-swappable 3.5" Serial ATA drive bay enclosure with removable trays
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Provides physical lock and key security for each hard drive
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Kensington Security Slot to secure chassis
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Power and activity LEDs for each hard drive
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Supports high-performance storage data transfer up to 3.0Gbps (300MB/sec) per drive
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Faster than USB 2.0 and FireWire 800
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Additional trays are available separately for virtually unlimited storage possibilities
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Enhanced Heat Management System for cool, reliable operation with any size hard drive
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User selectable 3-speed fan control provides user with custom acoutical/cooling options
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Front-panel power switch with multi-second delay to prevent accidental power-down
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Surpasses rotational vibration and heat dissipation requirements of high RPM drives
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Fully RAID capable: Compatible with Operating System and host adapter based RAID solutions
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RAID arrays can span across multiple enclosures
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Platform independent: Macintosh, Windows or Linux computers with a compatible SATA PM host adapter
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Works with any brand of SATA PM compatible host adapter. FirmTek host adapters that provide SATA PM compatibility include the SeriTek/2SE4 (PCI-X), SeriTek/2SE2-E (PCIe) and the SeriTek/2SM2-E ExpressCard/34 adapter for MacBook Pro and PC Notebook Computers
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The SeriTek/5PM may need to be turned off during disk configuration changes with some hard disk models.
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One five-bay external SATA PM enclosure with integrated 220W universal power supply (Supports 100-230 volts, 50/60Hz)
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Five removable hard drive trays
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Two keys
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Twenty hard drive countersink-style hard drive mounting screws
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Four clear rubber feet (pre-installed)
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One external shielded eSATA data cables with "I-Shape" connectors, 1-meter
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One power cord
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One CD-ROM containing the SeriTek/5PM User Manual
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SATA-5PM-2SE4 ($699.95) includes SeriTek/2SE4, 4-port PCI-X SATA PM host adapter
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SATA-5PM-2SE2 ($609.95) includes SeriTek/2SE2-E 2-port PCI-Express SATA PM host adapter
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SATA-5PM-2SM2 ($629.95) includes SeriTek/2SM2-E 2-port ExpressCard/34 for MacBook Pro & PC Notebooks
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