The Addonics 4-Slot UDD (Ultra DigiDrive) integrates 4 Pocket UDDs into a compact, stylish and high performance Readers/Writer. The 4-Slot UDD adds further versatility to the Pocket UDDs by using 4 independent USB connections. You can read or write to as many as 4 PCMCIA hard drive or 4 ATA Flash, or any combinations of 4 flash media simultaneously, or to transfer data between any of the 4 media, all at the full USB 2.0 speed or the latest Serial ATA for a maximum data transfer up to 150Mbytes/sec!
The 4-Slot UDD is also the world smallest high performance RAID system in the market. When use in conjunction with the Addonics SATA RAID controllers, The 4-Slot UDD can be configured as a RAID 1 or RAID 0 system using 2 PCMCIA hard drives or a RAID 1+0 with 4 PCMCIA hard drives.
Key Features
- 4 independent USB 2.0, USB 1.1, or Serial ATA connections for maximum data transfer
- Power from USB or optional AC/DC power adapter
- Read and write up to any combination of 4 of the following storage media simultaneously: PCMCIA hard drive, ATA Flash*, CF-I, CF-II, Smart Media, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick DUO, Memory Stick PRO DUO, Micro Drive, Multimedia Card, Secure Digital Card, MINI Secure Digital Card, XDcard (using optional CF adapter)*
- An external Mini RAID system using SATA connection and Addonics SATA RAID controller.
- Complete Plug and Play (1)
- USB Bootable from PCMCIA hard drive (depending on system BIOS support)
- Serial ATA Bootable from PCMCIA hard drive
- Up to 480 Mbits/sec (60 MB/sec) data transfer* for USB 2.0, 10 times the speed of USB 1.1
- Up to 1,500 Mbits/sec (150 MB/sec) data transfer for Serial ATA
- USB version works under Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Linux kernel 2.4 and higher
- Serial ATA version works under DOS, Windows 95, NT4.0, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP and Linux Kernel 2.4 and higher.
(1) Serial ATA hot swap feature works only with controllers basing on Silicon Image chip set from our inhouse testing. Other controllers that are not Silicon Image based may not support hot swap. You may consider adding one of the Addonics Serial ATA host controllers to your systems to ensure the hot swap capability. New controllers from Intel and other suppliers may finally support this feature. Please verify with your controller manufacturer if you need to have hot swap in your application. Hot swap is supported in Windows 2000 and XP only. On other OS, drive can be removed without crashing system. But replacing with a different drive can result in crashing the OS.
Specifications
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4-Slot UDD
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Interface:
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USB 2.0 or SATA |
| Type of slot: |
I/II PCMCIA Card socket |
| Number of slots |
four |
Maximum data transfer rate:
(varies depending on computer hardware and type of media) |
480 Mbits/sec (60 MB/sec) with USB 2.0
12 Mbits/sec with USB 1.1
1500 Mbits/sec (150 MB/sec) with SATA
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| Supported OS |
USB 2.0 /1.1 |
Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, DOS, Linux Kernel 2.4 and higher |
| Serial ATA |
DOS, Windows 95, NT4, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Linux kernel 2.4 and higher |
| Dimensions: |
4.63 in (W) x 5.4 in (D) x 4.25 in (H) |
| Power |
Direct from USB
Optional AC/DC power adapter |
| Weight: |
16 oz (approx.) without cable |
| Storage Temperature: |
-20 C to + 60 C |
| Storage Humidity: |
5 - 90% |
| Warranty: |
one year |
* maximum data transfer rate depends on type of media. Due to large number of flash memory types and suppliers, actual data transfer rate may also vary from brand to brand.
At the present moment, there is an incompatibility problem with following media: ATA flash with Ricoh or Hitachi controller chip, Viking ATA Flash, Olympus 32 MB XD, Fujitsu HDD Model 8340PA. and Viper 8340PA
System Requirements
- Pentium 200 Mhz or faster
- Minimum RAM 32 MB
- Minimum free hard disk space 10 MB
- 4 free USB 2.0, USB 1.1 or Serial ATA port
- BIOS supports for USB hard disk boot for the boot function
- One of the following Operating Systems: Windows 98/SE, Me, 2000, XP, Linux kernel 2.4 or higher, Solaris 8.
