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USB Box for laptop SATA HD
« on: February 25, 2010, 05:59:26 PM »
Where can I find a USB docking box for a 500gb toshiba HD?  It's from my old computer. I'd like to keep it and use it for storage.

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Re: USB Box for laptop SATA HD
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2010, 06:06:34 PM »
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Re: USB Box for laptop SATA HD
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2010, 06:10:39 PM »
Cool. Thanks.
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Re: USB Box for laptop SATA HD
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2010, 07:17:22 PM »
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Re: USB Box for laptop SATA HD
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2010, 09:23:57 AM »
At best buy or online?
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Re: USB Box for laptop SATA HD
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2010, 10:33:28 AM »
Hokay, I have an idea for a media PC / NAS PC:

Build it to be as quiet & cool as possible, given the requirement to play HD video out into an HD TV.

To that end:
    * One internal HD for the OS & apps
      - Maybe two internals, software mirrored (maybe HW, if reasonable)
    * Fewest large & quiet fans to do the job
    * Full-tower case (to ensure airflow is not obstructed)
    * Data storage is in external HDs
      - Data requiring slow access, use USB (think MS Office docs, etc.)
      - Data requiring faster access, use eSATA (video)

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Re: USB Box for laptop SATA HD
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2010, 11:42:57 AM »
Quote from: jfruser on February 26, 2010, 10:33:28 AM
Hokay, I have an idea for a media PC / NAS PC:

Build it to be as quiet & cool as possible, given the requirement to play HD video out into an HD TV.

To that end:
    * One internal HD for the OS & apps
      - Maybe two internals, software mirrored (maybe HW, if reasonable)
    * Fewest large & quiet fans to do the job
    * Full-tower case (to ensure airflow is not obstructed)
    * Data storage is in external HDs
      - Data requiring slow access, use USB (think MS Office docs, etc.)
      - Data requiring faster access, use eSATA (video)

That's very similar to what I'm building now except my slowest data access is a USB external drive hanging off a Linux server on the network (smb share).  The internal drive is the system and live data, any externally connected drives will be media and such. 

BTW, I've noticed a lot of current mobos have built-in raid support (0 1 10 jbod typically).

Chris
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Re: USB Box for laptop SATA HD
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2010, 12:32:11 PM »
media servers will be the new box in the AV tower
(but they can live in the basement)
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