Addonics Portable Dual Drive enclosure lets you RAID on the go
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Aspartame @ Aug 7th 2008 12:27PM
HUMMINA HUMMINA HUMMINA!
Bless you, Addonics :)
Lifelion @ Aug 7th 2008 12:30PM
perfect!
Skemo @ Aug 7th 2008 12:32PM
Certified Badass.
Skemo @ Aug 7th 2008 12:38PM
Certified Douchebag.
Philip Tiangson @ Aug 7th 2008 12:44PM
is it possible to install an OS?
dennis @ Aug 7th 2008 2:10PM
I second the question. I wonder where the RAID software is located, if it's plug and play or there's a needed software interface, etc.
dennis @ Aug 7th 2008 2:13PM
Oops, should have RTFA.
It has hardware RAID, and is in fact plug and play. So, I don't see why one couldn't install an OS on it.
BluesK1d @ Aug 7th 2008 2:56PM
Yes... Via the eSATA. If youve built the machine yourself, you can route the eSATA external port to a "bootable" SATA port on the mobo and itll behave just like it was internal.
dennis @ Aug 7th 2008 3:38PM
This could be interesting with a small form factor system, allowing RAID 0/1 while bringing the HDDs out of the case.
@BluesK1d
Couldn't you just set up the BIOS so that it boots from a USB or a regular eSATA port?
Aspartame @ Aug 7th 2008 12:47PM
BRING ON THE 3.5" MODEL :)
avester @ Aug 7th 2008 12:54PM
The price isn't bad, not bad at all.
But the need for this is quite slim.
Brian @ Aug 7th 2008 1:02PM
Wow, that's handy.
I wonder if it's any more / less reliable than a cheap buffalo raid station.
Bobthebuilder24 @ Aug 7th 2008 2:39PM
Wow i am so buying one of these
Irfan @ Aug 7th 2008 4:34PM
I dont see the point of this, since 2.5" drives are much slower than 3.5" ones. Least in SATA form.
And if you want somin kick ass for a SFF then get a 2.5 SAS drive like the Savvio. With an adapter if need be.
And if you want to use it for CF RAID, then they should make this soley for that i.e. no adapters needed. Since they will just add cost big time.
Release a CF 2 - 4 RAID version at a cheapo price and im on it.
kal326 @ Aug 7th 2008 5:10PM
Sweet just need this and two of the 2.5 Velociraptors. Then you have a high speed external storage device and a small cooking surface anywhere you go.
Bert @ Aug 7th 2008 8:08PM
It's too bad that it requires a power supply. As a laptop warrior, I carry around 2 2.5 inch drives (WD Passport and home-built Ultra) and both run just fine off the USB. If they offered some sort of dual USB connection to get the 2 X 500 mA and run everything.
A 3 disk setup would be uber killer. Yeah, I know RAID 5 is slow, but it would be nice to only loose 33% of the disk space.
Still, props!