Help requested in selecting a hard drive enclosure(multiple drives)

[True Colors]

I have Windows 7 pro, 64 bit.

I own several external hard drives. I am interested in purchasing a single enclosure device that can hold(and operate) all of these drives.

Most of the drives that I am using are Western Digital 3TB with the fast transfer speed(6Gb/Sec). In case you need to see the full specs, here you go

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136874

Now, I do NOT want to implement any type of virtualization technology. I am not looking to set up a RAID or anything like that. I want each hard drive to remain its own individual data, separate from the other drives.

Preferably, I would like to find something with.....
- capacity of 8 hard drives
- eSata connection AND USB 3.0
- hot swappable

Thoughts, suggestions, ideas?

Thanks!

TC

 

[Smeg45]

You want Direct Attached Storage or DAS. They hold a stack of drives with or without RAID and most of the new ones are accessed via USB 3 or E_SATA.

 

[True Colors]

That sounds good. But can you recommend a specific product(or products) for me to look at?

What about this device? Would this work? Should I give it a try? Does anybody have any experience with this brand(Mediasonic)?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817576012&Tpk=N82E16817576012

Thanks,

TC

 

[True Colors]

Anybody?

TC