Newegg has the Sans Digital TR5M-B 5-Bay SATA to eSATA JBOD / RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 5 Enclosure for $230 - $50 coupon code EMCLSNW72 [Exp 6/3] = $180 with free shipping. This accesses five hard drives using only one cable and support hot-swappable SATA I and SATA II.
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boogieman - Posted 9:21 am PDT 05/28/09 (56 Posts)
220 Watt is quite a bit for just 5 drives.
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Dogg - Posted 5:24 am PDT 05/29/09 (124 Posts)
Two thoughts, start-up surge is hell on power supplies. And the power supply is likely the weakest link, being over-rated and low efficiency.
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