Our High-Rely Classic Media is a hot-pluggable, modular enclosure with a hard drive installed. Here is what makes our Media special:

• Daily Use. Designed for daily swapping and frequent transport to off-site/on-site locations.
• Case aluminum construction. Built with cast aluminum alloy is strong enough to support 600 Lbs.
• Rugged ABS Plastic. Molded ABS plastic provides a strong and rugged front/rear face.
• Swap Life. Media tray docking connector has been rated at over 100,000 plugs and unplugs.
• Serviceable. Simple construction and use of standard, readily available 3.5″ SATA hard drives allow drives to be easily replaced or serviced.
• High Capacity. Currently up to 18TB of RAW storage per media cartridge.  Note: Windows XP 32-bit and Windows Server 2003 prior to SP1 support only up to 2TB.
• Flexible. High-Rely media uses standard 3.5″ SATA hard drives. Thus, our media trays allow you to expand or replace drives as needed in the future, without requiring any special proprietary hard drives.
• Fully Enclosed. High-Rely media fully encloses and protects the hard drive, making it ideal for offsite backup by being safer for transport and high cycle usage.
• FAST. High-Rely media data moves at eSATA hard drive speeds, capable of backup rates in excess of 400 GB per hour.** Disaster Proof.
• Even if the docking chassis are lost or destroyed, High-Rely media opens easily to expose the standard hard drive inside, the data can be accessed by any computer with industry standard power connections and SATA ports.
• Choices. High-Rely Classic media works in a wide variety of High-Rely equipment and configurations, with many accessories allowing you to design systems that are right for you.
• Small, inexpensive, high capacity, fast, and durable.

Compatibility with 2.5” drives.

Although designed for 3.5” drives, you can use almost any 2.5” SSD, or rotating

media drive, in a High-Rely Classic fully enclosed drive tray. For most 2.5” media, an adapter plate is not needed.

The 2.5” SSD drive is mounted in the right rear of the tray, which leaves plenty of room for cooling and air flow.  The drive is secured via one screw through the bottom of the drive tray and threaded directly into the front left of the 2.5” drive, using a standard drive screw. The combination of the machined side (right side) of the aluminum tray, the SATA connector at the back, and the single drive screw holds the 2.5” drive firmly in place.

For customers who have heavy 2.5” drives, or prefer the additional security of a second screw, a $25 sheet metal adapter is also available.

The Other Guys:

Exposed Drives:  Many cheap designs allow the back side of the hard drive to be open, naked and unprotected, which can leave it susceptible to physical and static electricity damage. While the High-Rely media itself maybe destroyed from trauma, but the hard drive inside will be safely protected.

Thin Sheet Metal Designs: Flimsy frames and no intervening back plane offers no additional protection to hard drive(s), leaving it vulnerable to physical damage or static electricity damage. The bare SATA hard drive connectors are rated for as FEW as 50 insertion and removals!

Proprietary Hard Drives: Many manufacturers are now using hard drives customized or secured for only their trays. This raises costs and dramatically reduces your service and performance choices.

**Performance will vary depending on many factors within your configuration.