external box for multiple hard disk

[rejetto]

Hi, i'm running out of disk space, so i will buy another external hard drive.
The point is that i'd like to have a single box with 2 or more HDs inside.
Do you know any?

[Mars]

you can look at (it is an example found by google)

 http://www.esis.com.au/Adv3Acc/ExternalCasesfordrives.htmExternal Case with 4 x 5¼"

External Case with multiple 5¼" Bays (IDE) with an external interface connect to computer

External Case with 4 x 5¼" Bays (IDE) with Firewire i/f

but price is 

[Fysack]

Need more space for data? This DualBay USB 2.0 external enclosure combines up to 2x SATA I or SATA II 1000 gigabyte (GB) hard disks each for a massive 2.0 terabyte (TB). The Dual Bay SATA Hot Swap JBOD Enclosure supports two hard drives of different sizes, brand & RPM so no need to waste puny smaller hard drives. A built-in powerful 4 x 4cm fan, provides excellent cooling and reliable operation. Also, the One Touch Backup and Secure Door with lock to ensure the safety of your precious data.1

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/a227/

[Mars]

Wide choice to
http://www.lacie.com/support/index.htm?rid=10061


And if you are rich as CRESUS
another link:
http://www.wiebetech.com/products/Forensic_RTX.php

Each bay has independent dual FireWire 800 ports and a single USB2 port.

Three SATA bays with TrayFree™ technology! Simply slide in a SATA drive and shut the door.

Specifications at:
http://www.wiebetech.com/products/specsheets/Forensic_RTX_spec.php

[rejetto]

first, thank you guys for your time.
sadly, thinkgeek and lacie work only in RAID setup, and i don't want it. (cannot afford the mirrored configuration, and cannot trust the striped configuration)
i didn't verified others because they are too expensive.

[Mars]

http://www.lacie.com/support/support_manifest.htm?id=10248
 it is the first example

Raid can dissociate hard drives! don't stop on this word

http://www.lacie.com/download/manual/um_2bigdual_en.pdf

on page 20

In JBOD mode (Just a Bunch of Disks), the two
physical disks work as two independent hard drives in
one single housing so that two logical volumes mount
on the desktop.
important info: If one physical disk fails, its data
are become inaccessible, but the second disk continues
to work independently.

[rejetto]

you are right mars!
sadly they sell the box only with 2 disks inside.
i need to buy a box and eventually a 1TB disk.
the second slot would be for my current other disk.
buying the 2x500GB would result in no free slot, and i cannot afford the 2x1TB.

[Fysack]

Drill a hole in your pc, o i forgot, you are on a laptopt  ..there is always: https://www1.elfa.se/elfa~eu_en/b2b/start.do do.

[Mars]

Disks did not require to have the same size, you can have one disk of 1Go and one of 500Mo, so according to the mode raid as you chosen, you can have two different partitions of 500 and 1000 Mb, or a single partition of 1500 Mo grouping together  both disks as if it ny had that of it the only one.

The only constraint is that both disks are the same type PATA or SATA or SCSI

In the case of a mirroring raid, the maximal size of the partition which can be created is the one of the smallest disk in that case particular. And I shall not speak here about the mode about RAID where the data are fairly distributed on each of the disks because for a good configuration Raid  are needed at least 4 disks also sizes if possible.

[rejetto]

i think you skipped this:
sadly they sell the box only with 2 disks inside.

[Fysack]

So do you gonna carry this external harddrive around, or will it be (online) at home? Sorry for the late reply.

[rejetto]

99% home usage.
in the while i bought a 1000gb disk + cheap usb/esata box (single disk) (for 145€).

[Fysack]

Corsair VX 450w http://corsair.com/products/vx.aspx
M3N-H/HDMI http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=149&l3=676&l4=0&model=2181&modelmenu=1
AMD Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core 5000+ http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=41
OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Platinum XTC Dual Channel 2GB (2x1024MB) KIT http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr2_pc2_6400_platinum_revision_2_dual_channel
=
270€

Its difficult. http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3477

[TCube]

in the while i bought a 1000gb disk + cheap usb/esata box (single disk) (for 145€).

Smart way to avoid paying the Entertainement Industry Taxes on everything. That's the way go in France. What about Italy ?

[rejetto]

we too, have taxes on cd/dvd