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    Dual Drive Enclosure?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Mihael Keehl, Sep 25, 2011.

  1. Mihael Keehl

    Mihael Keehl Notebook Evangelist

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    I need a dual drive enclosure, I have a 2.5" 500GB HDD (Seagate Momentus 7200RPM) and another 3.5" 3TB HDD (Western Digital Caviar Green) that I would just like to keep together in one case as opposed to buying multiple external enclosures. If there are enclosures that can hold more than two hard drives, that would be great to know as well, as I still have previous external HDD which is a 500GB HDD (Maxtor 5400RPM) that I wouldn't mind including.

    I hate to be wasteful, as I know the 3TB is more than enough for me, I will most probably use one of the 500GB-HDD for just cloning my primary HDD in my laptop in the event it fails or something happens to it, I will always have a back-up.

    Please do not hesitate to, even things seem expensive, I don't mind researching them and finding cheaper deals on my own.
     
    Mihael Keehl, Sep 25, 2011
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  2. Wally33

    Wally33 Notebook Consultant

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    Wally33, Sep 25, 2011
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  3. Marecki_clf

    Marecki_clf Homo laptopicus

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    Welland ME-280J.
     
    Marecki_clf, Sep 26, 2011
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  4. Wally33

    Wally33 Notebook Consultant

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    Correct me if i'm wrong but is the Welland ME-280J not a 2.5" enclosure?

    An enclosure which is able to hold a 2.5 and a 3.5 HDD is required
     
    Wally33, Sep 26, 2011
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  5. 3Fees

    3Fees Notebook Deity

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    Theres plenty of Hard Drive Docks on Newegg: dual ect ,,This one is a quad - 2.5 & 3.5 dock

    "StarTech SATDOCK4U2E Plastic 2.5" & 3.5" Black USB2.0 & eSATA 4 Bay eSATA USB 2.0 to SATA Hard Drive Docking Station for 2.5/3.5 HDD"


    "Accepts up to four SATA drives simultaneously, in a single docking station Multiple, independent host interfaces for each drive Dual 60mm cooling fans mounted below the drives with variable speed controls (including OFF) Supports both 2.5" and 3.5" form factor hard drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SSD) Dual High Speed USB 2.0 host "

    "Supports SATA I,II,III drives
    Internal Interface SATA II"


    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817707251


    Cheers
    3Fees :)
     
    3Fees, Sep 26, 2011
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  6. kent1146

    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    1) As many have mentioned before, you can easily buy 2.5" --> 3.5" bracket / adapters. The good news is that 2.5" and 3.5" use the same SATA connectors and cables. So the only thing that a 2.5" --> 3.5" SATA adapter does is to provide physical mounting (re-aligned screw holes), so that a 2.5" drive will fit into a space designed for a 3.5" drive.

    2) Other people have made recommendations for drive mechanisms that support multiple drives. If you happen to want a multi-drive enclosure that supports RAID, then you'll want to look into either a NAS device or a RAID-enabled drive enclosure, like a NexStar MX NST-400MX-SR.
     
    kent1146, Sep 26, 2011
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