Norbert Goebel wrote: > Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > >> >> Not excatly. >> >> I would call it "semy-online"-storage. >> >> Normaly the HDDs are switched off. >> But as they are connected to USB-Power-Switches they can be switched >> on/off automatically by the computer.(*) >> > > > Hi, > > I just got interested when I read USB-Power-Switches and the possibility > to switch on/off the hdds automatically by the computer. > As a quick google search only showed rubbish on the first 3 pages > searching for usb power switches it would be nice if you could post some > links to such products. The ones i use are from "Gembird" and are called "SIS-pm". http://www.gmb.nl/main.asp?mode=item&N=2755 It comes with a simple Linux-Commandline-Tool (including Source) that i patched for my needs. AFAIR on Sourceforge or somewhere else there is another Commandline-Tool. Unfortunatly i can't tell you were to buy them, as i buy mine at my local hardware-wholesaler. Last time i looked they cost 19.90 EUR + VAT per piece. Bis denn -- Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just as bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Programmer wants a "you asked for it, you got it" text editor -- complicated, cryptic, powerful, unforgiving, dangerous.
