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Mobile Hard Drive racks have been around for
quite sometime now. A majority of them provide the same basic functions. They allow you to swap or remove your
internal hard drives quickly and easily. They are useful mainly for
transporting data from one machine to another. Some mobile racks however
offer extra features and can double as a hard drive cooler as well. The BeanTech BT68 is one of these.
Contents
Inside the box you'll find the mobile rack
itself, an illustrated user's guide and a small pack containing your mounting
screws and locking keys.
The rack consists of two parts. The rack
itself which mounts on an open 5.25" drive bay, and the inner tray which holds
your hard drive.
The BT86 does not look much different than many mobile racks currently
in the market. One thing I dislike about this one is that it is not made
entirely of aluminum. The sides and bottom are aluminum but the top
access panel, front and rear are plastic.
Features
The BT68 does have some nifty features most
users look for.
For one, it has dual fans mounted in front of
the inner tray. The dual evercool fans are extremely silent in operation
and provide an acceptable amount of airflow.
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The highlight of the BT68 is it's Active shock
absorber system. It consists of a thin plate supported by three screws
which contain special rubber inserts that act as shock absorbers for drive
stability and shock resistance. This system worked well during our
tests.
Here are the full specs from BeanTech:
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Environmental Specifications
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Operating
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Storage
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Ambient Temperature
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-5℃ to 50℃
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-20℃to 65℃
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Relative Humidity(1)
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10% to 80%
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10% to 90%
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Altitude
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-1,000 to 50,000 ft
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-1,000 to 50,000 ft
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-304m to 15,240m
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-300m to 15,240m
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Physical
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Drive Carrier
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Receiving frame
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Height
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36.00mm (1.41")
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42.40mm (1.66")
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Width
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118.00mm (4.64")
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146.00mm (5.74")
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Depth
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195.00mm (7.67")
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215.00mm (8.46")
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Chassis Reliability /
Maintainability
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MTBF
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80,000 Hours
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Connector insert cycle
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Surpass 3,500 times
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Preventive Maintenance
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None
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