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

[drew einhorn]

On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Tony Arnold <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk>wrote:

> 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?
>

That's pretty expensive!   Does it really have to be USB?

If you have a available pci express 1x or wider slot available you can get
this:


http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=sans+digital+tr4m&cid=9892881178673394302&ei=ytSCTLvVCp7oyQXp4dXRBg&sa=button&ved=0CBcQgggwATgA#scoring=tp

including the pci express card.




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