Introduction

In my last review I talked about how external drives are becoming very popular and today I will be taking a look at a very big external hard drive enclosure. This enclosure can hold 4 SATA drives that are connected to your PC via eSATA cables for maximum speed. Also did I mention the drives are hot swappable so you can take a drive out and use it in another enclosure. The enclosure I'm talking about is the Icydock MB561. Let's take a look...

Specs

Item Number: MB561S-4S
Internal interface: Serial ATA
Drive Fit: 3.5" SATA HDD x 4
Cooling Fan: 80 x 80 x 25mm ball bearing fan
Drive Type: Standalone with vertical positioning
Transfer Rate: eSATA up to 3Gb/Sec
Insert & Extract connection: 15 pin direct hard drive connection
Structure: Aluminum body w/ partial plastic
LED Display Color: Mini White
OS Requirement: Windows 98/SE/ME/2000/XP ; Mac OS 9.0 or higher
I/O port: e-SATA x 4
Plug & play: Yes
Hot swap: Yes
Power ON / OFF: Button Switch
Power Supply: 12V/12A 5V/15A 200W
Dimension (L x W x H): 234.9x141x175 mm

Features

- SATA II External enclosure with 4 removable 3.5" HDD rack, backplane with 4 e-SATA ports.
- Includes a 200W Open Frame Power Supply
- White LED light for power and continuous blinking white LED light for HDD access
- Rubber padded soles for scratch protection
- Removable cooling fan for easy maintenance
- Mac mini design concept.
- Aluminum alloy body covering with distinctive design and protection
- With shock absorption design making the HDD stable while in operations.

Packaging

The MB561 comes in a very cool and attractive retail packaging. The retail box is actually made to sort of look like the MB561 itself. On one side of the box there is a list of features and on the other side there is the list of specs.

Opening up the retail box everything inside is nicely packed and protected. Inside we find the MB561 enclosure, 4 eSATA cables, 2 PCI brackets with 2 eSATA ports on each, bag of screws, power cable, and instructions.

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