USB Hub Lock

[basil122]

Hello,
I'm am looking to find a way to use a USB hub to scatter files between them, and plug in three USB's to access one drive. Is there a way to make it inaccessible without the other two USB's?
Think of it as a nuclear launch code, you need 3 keys to use one thing.
I want to do the same with the USB's.
Thanks

 

[i7Baby]

I don't think this is available off the shelf.

But if your have a fantastic budget you could get one made.

 

[Sabrewings]

Some sort of software RAID would accomplish this. Not even RAID so much as a spanned volume.

 

[smitbret]

Some sort of software RAID would accomplish this. Not even RAID so much as a spanned volume.

A software RAID 0 that is striped across all 3 drives will do this. On their own, none of the drives would be readable. Interesting idea. I kind of want to play with this idea.

 

[corkyg]

A hub won't do that - it treats all connected devices equally. They are all on at the same time. Smitbret's idea is interesting.

 

[AlienTech]

But if the drives are spanned then you wont be able to read the data unless all 3 drives are connected. If you use any kind of parity setup then connecting 2 of the drives will make the drives readable.

 

[smitbret]

But if the drives are spanned then you wont be able to read the data unless all 3 drives are connected. If you use any kind of parity setup then connecting 2 of the drives will make the drives readable.

I thought that was the whole point, that all three USB drives had to be in place to work.