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Dual-Bay 2.5” to 3.5” SATA Hard Drive Adapter Enclosure with RAID
StarTech ID: 35SAT225S3R
This unique dual-bay adapter enclosure gives you an easy and cost-effective way to upgrade legacy
systems such as desktop PCs and servers, by letting you install two 2.5" solid-state drives or hard drives into a
single 3.5" drive bay.
Upgrade your system performance
The adapter enclosure lets you install newer, higher performing drives such as SSDs into legacy systems that
may only support 3.5” hard drives. The enclosure provides a cost-efficient way for companies and organizations
to enhance storage performance and reliability without expensive upgrades to core IT systems. It's also ideal for
system administrators and integrators who want to build a system or upgrade a system with limited SATA
interfaces to take advantage of the increased drive performance of 2.5” SSDs or increased capacity with support
for two drives.
The adapter enclosure allows you to install two 2.5" SATA drives into an internal or external 3.5-inch bay, such
as a drive drawer caddy or tray, or 3.5" drive enclosure. To utilize the full speed potential of your SATA III hard
drives, the drive converter supports SATA III for transfer speeds up to 6Gbps. Suitable for drives with a height of
up to 15 mm, virtually any 2.5" SATA drive can be made to look and function like a 3.5" drive.
Enhanced performance and data redundancy with RAID
The adapter enclosure is equipped with hardware RAID to provide improved performance and data redundancy.
The enclosure supports both RAID 0 and RAID 1 as well as Spanning, and JBOD, and lets you choose your
preferred backup mode by simply adjusting the RAID setting switch.
The RAID 1 functionality is ideal in a hot-swapping server environment, providing a level of security and
reliability to your data through data redundancy. With RAID 0 support, you can combine the storage capacity of
the two hard drives and achieve faster read and write speeds.
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