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On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:57:55PM -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> I'm just going to try and buy another 3TB drive as soon as I can. I may |
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> even make it into a removable thingy. Then I can make backups and just |
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> put it in a outbuilding. By the way, my outbuilding is pretty far from |
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For such use, I am planning to get an external SATA dock, rather than use |
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a “removable thingy”. You pop in the naked drive and stow that away after |
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you’re done. This has multiple advantages. For one, you can read SMART data |
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from the external drives, provided you use a SATA connection. Cou can’t do |
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that over USB. So if your board has an eSATA connector, get an external dock |
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such as <http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/node/1277>. |
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If it doesn’t, you can get an internal one for a 5¼″ slot in the front of |
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your case, like http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/node/1281 for one 3.5″ HDD, or |
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http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/content/sata-qp-intern-multi for both big and |
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small HDDs (plus some USB3 connectors, if your case doesn’t have them but |
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your board provides a header). |
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Those docks are only slightly more expensive than an external case, but you |
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can use them for all your drives, not just a single one, and you have no |
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hassle with countless external power supplies (“which one did go into which |
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case?”). |
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PS: I’m not saying you should get a Sharkoon, after all I haven’t bought it |
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yet myself. But their site shows nicely what’s available and gives me ideas. |
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Gruß | Greetings | Qapla’ |
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Please do not share anything from, with or about me on any social network. |
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Please don’t befuddle me with facts, my mind is set. |
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