Bonolabs trayless sata drive enclosure

Client appetite for a cost effective trayless solution for the tapeless workflow has led us to offer our own simple and sturdy unit.  This enclosure is not manufactured by us but is indeed assembled by us. It’s known as a COS (commercial off the shelf) product that consists of products already manufactured that our crew assembles. It’s been exhaustively tested in our digital lab under live circumstances and used everyday in our tapeless operation. I think you’ll find the unit attractive, simple, inexpensive and most of all very practical. We’re now in the process of building units to order and it generally takes 2 weeks or less from the time the order is placed until we ship to you. Several will be stocked shortly and may be shipped within one business day. We have some new related products, including our new shelving modular units that help complete the storage picture. Check our long-term storage section for more details.

Here are some key characteristics that influenced our product design:

  • Internal 50 w power supply that uses a standard EIA computer power cord. No bulky external power brick to get confused with the multitude of other power bricks and different pin out configurations.
     

  • Simple two-version data out configurations - FW800 and USB - which seem to be the normal config for most users. We have not yet built a unit with a sata port but if interest is there we’ll consider doing so.

 

Trayless design is the most economical and fastest means to access your data. Trays for hard drives cost money and are very cumbersome to mount and dismount. Most folks in the tapeless world are using drives to offload and load data to and don’t need the drive sitting on the shelf with a $25 tray attached. These trayless mechanisms are rated for 30,000 cycles before any problems should occur. (A cycle is a mount and dismount of the drive.)

  •  Small footprint and metal construction was also a consideration. With the exception of the faceplate, the body and lid are metal. This aids in heat conductivity, grounding/shielding characteristics and durability. 

  • Power button and activity light were a must. Taking the guesswork out of what’s going on with the drive and power must be fool proof. Our power light and activity light take care of this unknown on most drives. Depending on the drive chosen you might not see an activity light during the offload and loading of data. Although most drives now incorporate this function some are still lacking.
Prices $195 for the enclosure + shipping and handling $320 for the enclosure, 500 GB SATA drive + shipping and handling

We hope you choose our enclosure for your next project and long-term storage of your data.  Click here for the specs/details.
Ready to organize your growing hard drive collection? Read more about our new modular shelving.  

Curious to learn more? E-mail us at trayless@bonolabs.com (Please wait for confirmation of your e-mail address through our spam filter program Spamarrest.)
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Revised 7 May 2008