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  • The Dawg
    Confirmed User
    • Apr 2002
    • 2438
    #1

    #### External Hard Drive Enclosure Question

    Sup All -

    I have alot of hard drives (PATA) with captured video on them and I am looking for a solution to use them via USB or firewire so I do not have to open up the computer case to swap them out.

    I was under the impression that External Enclosures was the route to go, but the descriptions make it look like they are for backup storage.

    Anyone have any suggestions?

    Thanks
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    • jakethedog
      Confirmed User
      • Jun 2004
      • 2497
      #2
      externals with Sata set ups are decent .. fast and easy to access ..we have them all over the place up here .. as well I use a shuttle system in my racks to seperate content to individual HDs .. just slide in the HD with the site on it .. and add to the data base ..
      No sig .. just me

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        • D
          Confirmed User
          • Jan 2006
          • 7412
          #3
          I think this may be your best option...

          http://dvice.com/archives/2007/10/us...ou_plug_in.php

          I've considered buying one myself a few times.
          -D.
          ICQ: 202-96-31

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            • The Dawg
              Confirmed User
              • Apr 2002
              • 2438
              #4
              Originally posted by D
              I think this may be your best option...

              http://dvice.com/archives/2007/10/us...ou_plug_in.php

              I've considered buying one myself a few times.
              Thats something, plug it in like an old 8 track tape. Its alot quicker than the external CASE method also...

              The ultimate would be if they had one with 4 to 6 bays.

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                • Tempest
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • May 2004
                  • 10217
                  #5
                  I bought an external enclosure with ethernet, i.e. a LAN NAS.. Just plug it into my network and the HD is accessable from any computer.. pretty nice.. My next one might be the D-LINK DNS-323 which holds 2 HDs that can be configured for Raid 0/1 and the net connection is gigabit.

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                    • The Dawg
                      Confirmed User
                      • Apr 2002
                      • 2438
                      #6
                      ^^ Nice.

                      I cant figure why they keep changing the names around (ATA,IDE,SATA,PATA). You could buy the wrong thing with all of this jargon.

                      SATA is the thin red cable style drive.
                      PATA is the wide (usually grey) ribbon cable drive.

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                        • The Dawg
                          Confirmed User
                          • Apr 2002
                          • 2438
                          #7
                          Upon further review, these dock stations are for SATA drives... Im looking for something that works with the older IDE (PATA) type drives.

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                            • dready
                              Confirmed User
                              • Oct 2002
                              • 5247
                              #8
                              Use a mobile rack... I just bought one of these for SATA and another for PATA, they work great:

                              http://www.kingwin.com/mobileracks.asp

                              Make sure your have the depth in your case for them though.
                              ICQ: 91139591

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                                • The Dawg
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Apr 2002
                                  • 2438
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by dready
                                  Use a mobile rack... I just bought one of these for SATA and another for PATA, they work great:

                                  http://www.kingwin.com/mobileracks.asp

                                  Make sure your have the depth in your case for them though.
                                  Looks like we have a winner. Do you have to boot down to swap them out?

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                                    • Emil
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Feb 2007
                                      • 5658
                                      #10
                                      PATA? I don't even know what that is, and I'm to lazy to look it up. I got this one today:



                                      But it's for SATA...

                                      Edit: Ok, now I know what PATA is. :P
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                                        • Davy
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Apr 2006
                                          • 4323
                                          #11
                                          There's some nice IDE-to-USB converters out there.
                                          You just plug them directly into the hard drive and connect it to your PC via USB cable.
                                          That's what I use.
                                          ---
                                          ICQ 14-76-98 <-- I don't use this at all

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                                            • The Dawg
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Apr 2002
                                              • 2438
                                              #12
                                              ^^

                                              I just called a local shop and they answered it. Thanks for the link, Im going to pick up a few now.

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                                                • dready
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Oct 2002
                                                  • 5247
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by The Dawg
                                                  ^^

                                                  I just called a local shop and they answered it. Thanks for the link, Im going to pick up a few now.
                                                  Nice... PATA doesn't allow hotswap, and only a handful of SATA chipsets support it.
                                                  ICQ: 91139591

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                                                    • aico
                                                      Moo Moo Cow
                                                      • Mar 2004
                                                      • 14748
                                                      #14
                                                      put them in external usb 2.0 enclosures, buy wireless router (N), usb hub, and badda bing badda boom

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                                                        • dready
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Oct 2002
                                                          • 5247
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by aico
                                                          put them in external usb 2.0 enclosures, buy wireless router (N), usb hub, and badda bing badda boom
                                                          He's using them for video and USB is SLOWWWWW. I can't emphasize enough how shitty and slow it is.
                                                          ICQ: 91139591

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                                                            • aico
                                                              Moo Moo Cow
                                                              • Mar 2004
                                                              • 14748
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by dready
                                                              He's using them for video and USB is SLOWWWWW. I can't emphasize enough how shitty and slow it is.
                                                              Firewire is 400 Mbit/s
                                                              USB 2.0 is 480 Mbit/s
                                                              Last edited by aico; 01-16-2008, 12:53 PM.

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                                                                • The Dawg
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Apr 2002
                                                                  • 2438
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by aico
                                                                  Firewire is 400 Mbit/s
                                                                  USB 2.0 is 480 Mbit/s
                                                                  The enclosures I got are direct connect... so its not USB or firewire.

                                                                  Thanks again dready.

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                                                                    • Star 69
                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                      • Nov 2005
                                                                      • 8602
                                                                      #18
                                                                      PATA harddrives are inside of new MacBook AIR
                                                                      e-mail star69

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