General description – StorCase Technology DS350 User Manual
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Introduction
Kingston Technology Company
DS350 User's Guide - Rev. A00
General Description
The Kingston Technology Data Silo
®
DS350 expansion chassis provides rugged and reliable
housing for SCSI storage devices. The DS350 is designed to support 3.5 inch and 5.25 inch
form factor, full-height, half-height, and low profile (1 inch high) removable media devices. The
DS350 can house Kingston's own Data Express® removable drive enclosures as well.
The DS350 is available in a rack mount, quad (4) bay configuration (Figure 1). Each chassis
is constructed of rugged steel and is equipped with two (2) 65 watt, auto-ranging power
supply(ies), power-on LEDs, three (3) high-speed cooling fan(s), and all necessary mounting
hardware.
The DS350 can support single or dual-host 50-pin MM (HD50) SCSI 2, 68-pin Wide SCSI 3, and
Wide 68-pin VHDCI (used for Ultra2 LVD) interfaces. Internal cables for the DS350 are not
included and must be ordered separately, providing either two (2) or four (4) drive daisy-chain
connections. Refer to Appendix C for these and other available cable options.
Figure 1: Data Silo DS350