Re: ssd sata rack w. happy customers?

On 2020-08-27 12:21, Paul wrote:
> bad sector wrote:
>>
>> I'm planning my move to ssd's and want to replace my spinners cage 
>> rack with a 4, 6, or 8-bay ssd rack, one of those that stack'em 
>> standing on edge, which is what I have now for the 3.5" spinners with 
>> 6 bays. What I DON'T want EVER AGAIN are the very confusing lights and 
>> switches that are NOT aligned with the bays, as on my present one. A 
>> reasonable price would help too.
>>
> 
> There are still cables present. While you could use
> a SATA backplane, the cables still have to connect
> somewhere to it. And "8 bays" would be a lot of cables
> to be slugging around. You then have to figure out whether
> straight, left-angle, or right-angle connectors are
> required.
> 
> The cage rack is likely proprietary, so if someone
> makes a solution, it probably doesn't fit a PC case
> unless it's *their* PC case. You would have to be
> very careful of dimensions, for it to be compatible
> by accident. The cage could always start with the
> 3.5" formfactor dimensions as an outer dimension and
> work inwards. With some loss of volume.
> 
>     Paul

The number of bays is for handy storage, I have 6 now but can only use 4 
plugged-in because #5 & #6 are paired and need to be PATA for the 
optical disk. Even with 4 available I never have more tha 3 plugged-in 
at once (mostly only one, two when making backups or other copies). 
Always plugged-in with old PATA drives worked because I had physical 
swithches on the power wires. I want physical control over hardware, 
that's why I use usb wifi too, after castrating any onboard wireless.

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