Northampton, UK – January 31, 2011 - StarTech.com, a leading manufacturer of hard-to-find connectivity parts has announced the availability of two new 4-Drive External Hard Drive Docking Stations, both offering USB and eSATA host connections, with support for 2.5” and/or 3.5” Serial ATA hard drives or Solid State Drives (SSDs).
Adding to StarTech.com’s extensive line of Hard Drive Docking Stations, the SATDOCK4U3E SuperSpeed single connection dock and SATDOCK4U2E high speed single/multi-PC drive docking stations are the first in the market to support four SATA hard drives or solid state drives simultaneously, offering users a practical way to maximize their external storage capacity.
SATDOCK4U3E
- Supports up to four 2.5” and/or 3.5” SATA HDDs or SSDs
- SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and eSATA connections to host with support for data transfer speeds of up to 5Gbps and 3Gbps, respectively
- Backward compatible with USB 2.0 host connections
- High speed eSATA with Port Multiplier host interface with supported transfer rates up to 3 Gbps
- Dual variable-speed cooling fans
- Independent power buttons and drive eject buttons for quick, easy hot-swapping
SATDOCK4U2E
- Enables fast, swappable access to four 2.5”/3.5” SATA drives, from multiple computers
- Supports up to four 2.5” and/or 3.5” SATA HDDs or SSDs
- Dual High Speed USB 2.0 host interfaces with support for transfer rates up to 480 Mbps
- Four high speed eSATA host interfaces with supported transfer rates up to 3 Gbps
- Dual variable-speed cooling fans
- Independent power buttons and drive eject buttons for quick, easy hot-swapping
The SATDOCK4U3E (MSRP: £162.99 GBP exc. VAT) and SATDOCK4U2E (MSRP: £157.99 GBP exc. VAT) are currently available directly from StarTech.com as well as through leading technology resellers including Dabs.com, Misco, Insight, Dell and Amazon, and is distributed by Ingram Micro and Enta Technologies.
