velocityphoto 0 #1 December 24, 2010 This has to be mac compatible. I"m wanting to have a dock like a card reader type thing to insert hard drives in. So i could just unplug one and plug in another. I know i have seen them before just don't know the best system out there ? Mirror hard drives would be cool. A friend will bail you out of jail , a REAL friend will be sitting next to you in the cell slapping your hand saying "DUDE THAT WAS AWSUM " ................ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #2 December 25, 2010 Just look up hard drive docking stations. If you have an eSATA port, I'd recommend using that, but there are USB versions too. I used one until i bought a drobo recently (another great option). I think mine is a thermaltake brand docking station. Works great. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PharmerPhil 0 #3 December 25, 2010 I got one of these: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/NewerTech/Voyager/Hard_Drive_Dock http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/FWU2ES2HDK/ Highly recommended and totally mac plug and play. I bought the SATA/usb one (might not still be available) but I wish I had gotten the one that included Firewire 800 though. For back up purposes, it would be nice to be able to hot-swap. Which Firewire can do and SATA can't. I rotate drives in and out for on-site and off-site back-ups, and just used it last week to clone my notebook drive before upgrading. Works like a charm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PharmerPhil 0 #4 December 25, 2010 P.S. I use SuperDuper by Shirt Pocket to clone/mirror my entire drives for back-up purposes. If a drive crashes, I can just plug in the mirrored drive and I'm off and running without having to retrieve backed up files, use a restore function, reload software, etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #5 December 25, 2010 Quote Just look up hard drive docking stations. If you have an eSATA port, I'd recommend using that, but there are USB versions too. I used one until i bought a drobo recently (another great option). I think mine is a thermaltake brand docking station. Works great. Dave How do you like it? Are you using the drobo as backup media or general storage?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
