Multiple external HDD

Cyroxos · 13-September-06, 09:35 PM

Good day, I have a lot of media (who doesnÃ‚â€™t nowadays) and I prefer to keep it all on an external drive, since I can bring it to lans and easily take different computers and still have all my media. Anyway, I would like to upgrade my USB drive to a higher capacity. As it turns out, buying multiple 320Gb hard drives is much cheaper than buying single, high capacity 500 or 750Gb drives.
So, my question is, can I connect multiple HDD to my USB device, possibly as a RAID array? Yes I know I would have to build a new case for the USB device.

The Captain · 13-September-06, 09:48 PM

Try here for mobile raid usb combos.

Look under their Server cases, 20 drive cube case, that's alot of disk space, yah more pr0......I mean pictures!!!

Thats 6.4TB theorical with 320GB HDD, or 15TB theorical with 750GB HDD in RAID 0

Cyroxos · 13-September-06, 09:50 PM

Yea, I drool just thinking about the possibilities.

However, are there any ways i can use my existing device?

The Captain · 13-September-06, 11:22 PM

If it's just an external HDD, then no, but you can get enclosures for external HDD cheap, then ask Thrasher2 to pull something out of the hat for HDD rebates.

THRiLL KiLL · 19-September-06, 11:05 AM

you can do a software raid... but i wouldnt recommend it..

13-September-06, 09:35 PM		#1 (permalink)
Cyroxos Apex Techie Lite	Multiple external HDD Good day, I have a lot of media (who doesnÃ‚â€™t nowadays) and I prefer to keep it all on an external drive, since I can bring it to lans and easily take different computers and still have all my media. Anyway, I would like to upgrade my USB drive to a higher capacity. As it turns out, buying multiple 320Gb hard drives is much cheaper than buying single, high capacity 500 or 750Gb drives. So, my question is, can I connect multiple HDD to my USB device, possibly as a RAID array? Yes I know I would have to build a new case for the USB device.

13-September-06, 09:48 PM		#2 (permalink)
The Captain Apex Master Tech	Re: Multiple external HDD Try here for mobile raid usb combos. Look under their Server cases, 20 drive cube case, that's alot of disk space, yah more pr0......I mean pictures!!! Thats 6.4TB theorical with 320GB HDD, or 15TB theorical with 750GB HDD in RAID 0 Last edited by The Captain; 13-September-06 at 10:10 PM..

13-September-06, 09:50 PM		#3 (permalink)
Cyroxos Apex Techie Lite	Re: Multiple external HDD Yea, I drool just thinking about the possibilities. However, are there any ways i can use my existing device? Last edited by Cyroxos; 13-September-06 at 10:32 PM..

13-September-06, 11:22 PM		#4 (permalink)
The Captain Apex Master Tech	Re: Multiple external HDD If it's just an external HDD, then no, but you can get enclosures for external HDD cheap, then ask Thrasher2 to pull something out of the hat for HDD rebates.

19-September-06, 11:05 AM		#5 (permalink)
THRiLL KiLL PcApEX's PuNK ROckER	Re: Multiple external HDD you can do a software raid... but i wouldnt recommend it..

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