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    Is there an enclosure that holds multiple 2.5" drives?

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by zergslayer69, Mar 24, 2016.

  1. zergslayer69

    zergslayer69 Liquid Hz

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    so I have a bunch of laptop hard drives and when you have them all in enclosures it is a mess on the table. Is there some sort of massive enclosure that can fit like 5 or more 2.5 drives all at once? The purpose of this is to minimize the amount of space taken up so building a computer and stuffing it in there kind of defeats the purpose.
     
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    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    12 drives enough? :)
    http://www.webconnexxion.com/addonics-rt31225eu3-raid-tower-iiic-12-2-5-hdd-4-esata.html

    There are enclosures in the 4-5 drives range but I'm having hard time to locate a good one right now.

    Most enclosures are meant for 3.5" drives. Getting one could be cheaper and then buy 2.5"->3.5" adapters. Also most of the cheaper ones are just passthru boxes, you are supposed to drive them with a raid card in your desktop.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mediasonic-...re-USB-3-0-eSATA-Sata-3-6-0Gbps-/281845814560
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORICO-4-Bay...l-Aluminium-Enclosure-RAID-Mode-/301905262971

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-5-to-3-5-...nting-Bracket-Adapter-Holder-S5-/281950256588
     
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    Thanks! That first link is hilariously expensive. The other two under it is reasonable. If I'm hooking up to a laptop, would the bottom 2 enclosures not work? My main computer is a laptop so that limits me some.
     
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    I chose those two because they have usb3 connection as an option. That 12 disk version is basically four of the cheaper ones combined, it needs 4 usb3 cables to work.

    If you have eSata in your laptop, then it's possible to get an empty box and add in esata multiplier controller card (if I'd only remember the manufacturer right now). There is a lot of possibilities but none of them are really cheap.
     
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    Ah, I have the Alienware which does not have esata so I guess your other two will work just fine.
     
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    I personally use the ProBox and can say it's a fine little box. I use it with 3.5" drives as a backup for my server, using USB 3.0, and it's held up great. They do make an 8-bay pro-box as well, but it costs more than twice as much as the 4-bay, so it might be better to get two 4-bay ones and stack them on top of each other.