[OT] Does a multi-drive USB external hard disk rack exist?

[Tony Arnold]

M,

On Sat, 2010-09-04 at 23:42 +0100, ms wrote:

> I am looking for something that should obviously exist, but I cannot 
> actually find it (probably because, embarrassingly enough, I don't know 
> how to google it correctly).
> 
> What I would want is a rack where you put N (with N>1) SATA drives in, 
> with a USB2/3 connection, and then, once powered and connected, you get 
> one of the following:
> 
> - a single big disk, RAID-like
> - the individual disk devices, like you connect simultaneously multiple 
> hard drives with a single cable (Don't know if it's feasible but this 
> would be probably the best solution for me).
> 
> Is something of this kind available on the market? If yes, could you 
> point me where/what?

I found this after some quick Googling:

http://www.usb-ware.com/5-bay-sata-raid-enclosure-t5r5esuf.htm

Any good?

Regards,
Tony.
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