On Thu, October 13, 2011 23:44, Jim Thyer wrote: > I have been using a SATA HDD Docking station recently. The HDD just drops > into it. Latest has USB3 interface so is faster. I'm rather fond of those; I've got a two-drive one that has USB2 and eSATA (it's a couple of years old, so no USB3). If/when necessary, I can go to double-disk backup sets (at an increased risk of data loss of course; but it lets me double the size of my data before I have to alter my basic scheme). > Advantage is 1 docking station can serve many HDDs. So only buy the > connection once. If the docking unit fails then just drop the HDD into > another. Not so expensive. Yes. I also bought a set of plastic carrying containers for the drives I use for backups (I swap the latest for the off-site one in my desk drawer at work). They provide at least a little impact protection and some water protection and dust protection, and were cheap (under $10). -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
