4 bay enclosure

[Inspector Jihad]

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I'm intrigued by this...am I correct in that it lets me throw in 4 ide drives and it connects to my pc via a usb cable and shows up as one giant drive?

 

[dBTelos]

That's what it looks like. Got a review link?

 

[Inspector Jihad]

i tried looking for a review...couldnt find one

 

[dBTelos]

It's alright, but I wouldn't buy one without a review.

 

[pkme2]

It looks straight forward as to house external drives.
I would add a front 120mm fan as intake for additional cooling, if needed.
It looks like a large USB card reader but for HDDs.
I had external HDDs but decided that mobile racks were more practical, IMO.

 

[crossrode]

Entered into my wish list and at $99. One way to move a RAID config from computer to computer. A way to make older 80 gig IDE drives useful again.

 

[dBTelos]

Originally posted by: crossrode
Entered into my wish list and at $99. One way to move a RAID config from computer to computer. A way to make older 80 gig IDE drives useful again.

Remember, it's still RAID. 80GB + 500GB drive = 160GB.

 

[Mday]

i wouldnt even use it. You're still connecting to it via USB.

 

[themisfit610]

Well, if you need speed definately USB is a no-no. eSATA all the way!

If you're just archiving data, why not...

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: themisfit610
Well, if you need speed definately USB is a no-no. eSATA all the way!

If you're just archiving data, why not...

yea it would be mainly for back up.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: dBTelos

Originally posted by: crossrode
Entered into my wish list and at $99. One way to move a RAID config from computer to computer. A way to make older 80 gig IDE drives useful again.

Remember, it's still RAID. 80GB + 500GB drive = 160GB.

do you think you can link up some of the drives and do a raid, for example"

80 + 20 = 100
60 + 40 = 100

i wonder if it can work that way. then it would be very useful cause i'm sure a lot of people have old drives lying around that they can use in such a manner.



i also found this on newegg...seems to be a similar product but its only $130
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damn check this out
8 bays!!!!!

 

[Blain]

Forget USB 2, get a firewire enclosure.