Kingston DE100i-RSW Data Express SCSI Drive Carrier Frame Wide Single Ended

Kingston DE100i-RSW Data Express SCSI Drive Carrier Frame Wide Single Ended

The Kingston DE100i-RSW is a hot-swap removable drive carrier from Kingston Technology's Data Express system, designed to house a hard drive in a standard 5.25-inch full-height bay and allow it to be inserted and removed without powering down the host system. The carrier uses a 16-bit Wide Single Ended SCSI interface and provides internal SCSI ribbon and power connections to the installed drive, with a front-panel handle and lock for secure insertion and removal.

Specifications & What's Included

• Model: Kingston DE100i-RSW
• Product Line: Data Express removable drive carrier system
• Interface: 16-bit Single Ended SCSI (Wide SCSI)
• Form Factor: 5.25-inch full-height removable bay carrier
• Front Panel: Handle, lock cylinder, and activity/power indicators
• Internal Connectors: SCSI ribbon cable connector and 4-pin Molex power connector
• Hardware Revision: G02
• Date Code: 99.08.09 (August 1999)
• Certifications: CE, UL/NRTL/C, CSA LR 90843-12, TUV
• Includes: Original Kingston Data Express user's guide and mounting hardware (screws)

Applications

The Kingston Data Express system was a popular solution in the late 1990s for workstations, servers, and desktop systems that needed removable or interchangeable storage without downtime. By pairing a carrier like the DE100i-RSW with a compatible Data Express frame installed in the system chassis, users could swap Wide SCSI hard drives quickly — useful in environments where multiple users shared a workstation with separate drive sets, where data needed to be physically secured when not in use, or where a spare drive had to be swapped in rapidly during a failure. The system saw use in professional graphics workstations, CAD environments, video editing suites, and small server rooms in the late 1990s era of Wide SCSI dominance before SATA and USB external drives became practical alternatives.