[geeks] Anyone have exp with/alternatives for this

[Nick B]

Missed that entirely.  I fail.
Nick

On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The IcyDock device terminates in two SATA connections, I was looking for a
> device that could slide into a Hot Swap tray, like the Addonics device
> previously shared.
>
> The need for RAID is to consolidate the two drives into one logical drive
> for
> the one physical SATA port.
>
> The discontinued IcyDock device I referenced initially also supported 'Port
> Multiplier' mode, meaning two discrete, un-associated drives are presented
> to
> the OS over one connection. That would be great, but few Intel on-board
> controllers (if any) support Port Multipliers.
>
> An example application would be to stuff two high-capacity 2.5" drives in a
> system like a SFF Dell 755.
>
> The RAID feature is a necessary evil in my opinion, not so much a desired
> feature...
>
> Lionel
>
> > On Nov 8, 2014, at 9:55 PM, Nick B <nick at pelagiris.org> wrote:
> >
> > So, that addonics version tries to raid the drives, which I would be wary
> > of.
> > http://www.icydock.com/goods.php?id=150 is (I think) a current product.
> > Nick
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