Tuesday, September 4th 2012
Century Outs 10-bay 3.5-inch SATA Drive Tower
For those with appetite for terabytes of storage space, Century Japan announced the CRST1035EU3 "Sky Tower" external HDD enclosure. The enclosure stands tall, ten 3.5-inch SATA bays-tall, with lockable caddies. It uses USB 3.0 and eSATA interfaces to communicate with a host, and an external power supply. Cooling the unit is a 140 mm 1400 RPM fan with a maximum noise output of 34 dBA. The enclosure makes the host identify each drive as an independent mass-storage device, as it lacks RAID functions. Measuring 179 x 385 x 330 mm (WxDxH), the enclosure weighs 6 kg (dry-weight). Slated for late-September, it is priced at 36,800 JPY (US $470).
Source:
Hermitage Akihabara
4 Comments on Century Outs 10-bay 3.5-inch SATA Drive Tower
Not even JBOD support?
But only if you're planning to fill it up with 3TB drives.. 500$ is pricey.
But after looking at the source:Seems that it's more like a HD jukebox? Not a bad idea for archival data. I have a fried that currently stores all his 20MP+ RAW photos and HD video on external units. Buys a new one when the previous unit is filled.