The black DX115 Digital Cinema 6 Gb/s Hard Drive Enclosure from CRU-DataPort is a complete assembly with a removable drive carrier and frame, which accepts a 3.5" SATA hard drive of any capacity in its carrier. It has a host (I/O) port, which operates at speeds of up to 6 Gb/s and is also compatible with 3 Gb/s drives.

The "Auto Start" feature allows the drive carriers to be automatically powered up in seconds after the carrier has been installed. It is designed for digital cinema media on 2.5" or 3.5" SAS or SATA drives and provides a user-friendly way to transport digital content made up of steel and aluminum. The enclosure also offers a Host Activity LED feature which allows the choice of having the disk drive or the PCI host adapter control.

Supports 3.5" SATA/SAS Hard Drives    SATA 6 Gb/s Support    Power/Drive LED Indicators    Metal Construction    FCC, CE, RoHS, C-Tick Compliant

6 Gb/s signal with "Serial Repeater Chip" located on the frame

Compatibility with all drive manufacturers and capacities

Power and host activity LED

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Is this bus powered

A: This is powered by an internal battery, for charging that battery you would be able to use the included USB cable

Q: 2. What’s the maximum drive size supported?

A: The StarTech 3.5" USB 3.0 SATA III External Hard Drive Enclosure with UASP (Silver) BH #STS3510SMU33 has been successfully tested by Startech with up to 14TB Drives. Bigger drives might work but it has not been validated by Startech.

Q: 3. What is the largest capacity drive this unit can handle? Can I use 6 or 8TB drives in each bay?

A: Manufacturer does not specify. You should refer to your operating systems limits.

Q: 4. Is it possible to use this device to clone a boot drive? And if so, what software should be used to accomplish it?

A: No it is not intended to be used as such.

Q: 5. Is this enclosure compatible with Samsung model MZ-JPU512T/046 SATA from 2013 MacBookPro?

A: No, the drive you mentioned is an M.2 form factor, this dock is SATA form factor.

Q: 6. is this the hard disk carrier or frame?

A: This carrier fits in a DX115 SAS/SATA 6 Gb/s frame, which further fits in a 5.25" peripheral bay.

Q: 7. Does it need external power?

A: This one has an external power adapter supplied with the casing as well as a special USB3 cable (which is USB 2 compatible).

Q: 8. Will this hard drive work with a DROBO 5Bay?

A: The Seagate ST6000VN0011 3.5 Enterprise NAS Drive is compatible with the Drobo 5D and 5N enclosures.

Q: 9. Does this come with any kind of protective storage case?

A: This HDD carrier does not come with a protective case. You could use one of these https://bhpho.to/32S9FyN.

Q: 10. Any bumpers, foam, plastic ribs / infrastructure or other protection inside for drops?

A: There are a couple of plastic structures that keep the drive from resting against the case walls; but that is all