On Tuesday, July 01, 2014 03:30:44 AM Dale wrote: > Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:57:55PM -0500, Dale wrote: > >> I'm just going to try and buy another 3TB drive as soon as I can. I may > >> even make it into a removable thingy. Then I can make backups and just > >> put it in a outbuilding. By the way, my outbuilding is pretty far from > > > > For such use, I am planning to get an external SATA dock, rather than use > > a “removable thingy”. You pop in the naked drive and stow that away after > > you’re done. This has multiple advantages. For one, you can read SMART > > data > > from the external drives, provided you use a SATA connection. Cou can’t do > > that over USB. So if your board has an eSATA connector, get an external > > dock such as <http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/node/1277>. > > If it doesn’t, you can get an internal one for a 5¼″ slot in the front of > > your case, like http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/node/1281 for one 3.5″ HDD, > > or http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/content/sata-qp-intern-multi for both > > big and small HDDs (plus some USB3 connectors, if your case doesn’t have > > them but your board provides a header). > > > > Those docks are only slightly more expensive than an external case, but > > you > > can use them for all your drives, not just a single one, and you have no > > hassle with countless external power supplies (“which one did go into > > which > > case?”). > > > > PS: I’m not saying you should get a Sharkoon, after all I haven’t bought > > it > > yet myself. But their site shows nicely what’s available and gives me > > ideas. -- > > Gruß | Greetings | Qapla’ > > Please do not share anything from, with or about me on any social network. > > > > Please don’t befuddle me with facts, my mind is set. > > I been wanting to get me something external but hadn't got around to > looking yet. I didn't know they have a SATA version. I plan to avoid > USB if I can. From my understanding, eSATA can be hotplugged and I have > a couple of those connections. > > Thanks for the info. It put me on a different path.
This one comes with an eSATA connection: http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/content/sata-quickport-pro The following comes with eSATA and network connection (might be an option?) http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/content/sata-qp-pro-lan-giga I have no idea if the network option works easily with Linux as I don't own either of these 2. I do know these devices work as advertised when used with USB. -- Joost
