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AMS DS-3151SSBK Aluminum 3.5" Black SATA SATA Backplane Module - Retail

AMS DS-3151SSBK Black SATA Backplane Module - Retail

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Review Summary (read all 35 Reviews, write a review)

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Total Reviews:	35

Works well for us.

Reviewed By: NBI Solutions on 10/23/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: No heat/drive/controller related problems as indicated in other reviews. Running this device on a Promise FastTrak 4310 since 7/1/2007. Using Seagate 500GB AS drives in 2x RAID0 arrays.

Cons: None, except the price was raised since 2007 :)

Other Thoughts: Keep the front clean. We intend to purchase more of these

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Relatively Quiet, but Hot

Reviewed By: The Dude on 10/6/2009

Tech Level: low - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: Quiet
5 3.5" drives in 3 5.25" bays (sweet!).

Cons: Hot

Other Thoughts: I had one of these stacked on top of another similar product from a different manufacturer (10 7200rpm drives total). Two drives in the center failed from the heat (somewhere around 60C from what I can remember). Rebuilt the rig putting this unit below the other mfr's unit and set the center drive as a hot spare, and all drives stay at a reasonable 35C-40C.

From what I understand, in my rig some of the heat from this unit is being transferred into the other unit and vented by the other unit's fan, preventing drive failure. Also, the center hot-spare is basically acting as a heat-sink for the other 4 drives.

I would recommend this unit paired with 5400rpm drives, but not with 7200rpm drives, as they're typically hotter. Now if you go with some fancy-cool-WD-green-style drives, maybe that would work too.

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works great for me.

Reviewed By: magnetik on 9/13/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: fits 5 drives in 3 bays.

Cons: maybe a little difficult to install in some cases.

Other Thoughts: I don't know what the problem is here with some people but I've used this bay for just over a year w/out one dropped array. I'm running on 8 x 1TB WD Blacks w/ a Adaptec 5805. Maybe some of you should make sure your drives are compatible with raid or find one that you can change TLER values on.

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Model
Brand	AMS
Model	DS-3151SSBK
Spec
Color	Black
Size	3.5"
AC Adapter	No
Material	Aluminum
Internal Interface	SATA
External Interface	SATA
Fan	8cm Cooling Fan
Features	5 in 3 SATA to SATA Features 5 SATA channels SATA II (300MB/s) 3.5" hot-swap trays Individual HDD power on / off switch Alarm / temp warning sensor Fits into three 5.25" drive bay
Physical Spec
Dimensions	7.9" x 5.7" x 5.0"