SATA HDD Stage Rack lets you dock your drive |
Take a look at this. The picture pretty much says it all but I’ll explain some anyway. This is the SATA HDD Stage Rack which is compatible with PC and Mac and connects through USB 2.0 to your computer. By simply plugging in your hard drive like it was some old-school Atari game the drive shows up on your computer. It supports 3.5″ and 2.5″ drives and does require an external power connection to spin the drive in addition to the USB cable.
I have a drawer full of hard drives from different upgrades where occasionally I need to access. Opening your PC is a real pain and putting it in an enclosure isn’t a whole lot better. Up until now I, like a lot of people, have been using a SATA to USB adapter cable which works pretty slick but doesn’t hold a candle to how cool this hard drive dock looks.
The HDD Stage Rack appears to have a glowing blue ring of light (everything is cooler with a glowing blue light) around what is probably a power button and also has what looks like an eject button to pop out the drive. The base is weighted to keep it from moving around and tipping over with your drive in it and this extra weight makes it a little bit more for shipping but for $47 I am so getting one of these.
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I Want one! but where I can go to buy it?? everyone is talking about it but no one is saying where to get it??? hello?
You can get it by following the link at the bottom of the post. Below the last picture. GeekStuff4U
This is the most stupid thing I ever seen
I have so many old IDE drives that this would be a no-brainer of a purchase if it was IDE.
I so wanted to own it. Is this the fixed price?
The shipping on this thing is like $50. Is it from the future? Do they have to send it through a time machine to my house?
Sheesh!! Shipping is outrageous on this toy!!I think I’ll just do without it!! Much as I would like it.
The shipping is likely due to the heavy base, according to the site. They weighted the base so it won’t be top heavy when the drive is in it.
So basically you have a Raid USB server… for nubs…
Very cool if you do computer repair or have multiple machines in various states of assembly like me….
what about overheating? most external hdd have fans to cool down. This is not a long-term proper solution, as the data would be put at risk, becouse of the overheating, and eventually the hdd would go to hell.
I`m not gettin` one.
I have 6 external enclosures and not one has a fan. In fact this is not even enclosed so why would you need a fan? It actually looks like a fantastic solution for desktop support techs or backup administrators. The fact that it supports both 2.5 and 3.5 drives is fantastic. This device is obviously for professionals who know how to implement it and not for armatures who are looking for a long-term “proper” solution.
However… the fact that there is only one vendor for this product with outrageous shipping will most likely kill any chance this product has at hitting the end user.
Would this technology still allow RAID
I already do this with sata AND IDE drives.
Just go buy an external inclosure that has a slide in style rather than cables. Leave the cover off it. Same thing.
Done….
Seems like a waste piping SATA through USB 2.0. I wish they would have included a FW 800 port on the back. Then I’d be interested.
STUPID
I bet that “drawful of old drives from various upgrades” is, like mine, full of mostly Parallel ATA drives. If the holder thingy fitted these it would indeed be cool.
Yep, most of them are Nick.
If this thing would still be limited by USB 2.0 bandwidth, there isn’t much point. Except convenience, and for systems that don’t have internal SATA I guess.
It’s useful for people with small/mid sized towers and a lot of hard drives. For instance, I have 4 SATA HDs that I’ve collected over the years. Each is around ~100GB and I just use them to store movies/tv shows. It’d be nice to label a HD and just pop it in when needed instead of wasting the power and creating more heat inside my case. Not to mention noise and wear on the HD itself spinning but rarely in use.