IBM Full-High SCSI Tape Enclosure 4559 Model FHX - storage enclosure

Advantages: Brilliant way of using spare hard drives
Disadvantages: a tight fit, with little ventilation

...storage facility for the PC for minimal cost. The problem was that many such enclosures exist for IDE drives, but fewer for SATA. Imagine my delight when I came on this one by NEWlink which can be adapted to either type. And so, ladies and gents, I offer you a review which may just inspire some of you to realise how utterly easy it is to make use of your full potential when it comes to old disks.! WHERE ? """""""""""""" I spotted this particluar model in Maplin, Belfast. Well to be exact, I spotted it in the catalogue in Maplin in Belfast. I had spent quite a few minutes looking through all the enclosures that were on the shelves and none of them was for a SATA hard disk. I proceeded to check the catalogue and discovered one dedicated SATA enclosure is stocked by Maplin and also this dual purpose one. I duly filled out one... Read review

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Advantages: Quick way of expanding hard drive space or retrieving data from a damaged laptop.
Disadvantages: Can over heat if left on for serveral hours at a time.

...The Akasa Integral external storage enclosure, is a great device for individuals who wish to perhaps expand there laptop with more hard disc drive space, or perhaps for those who wish to retrieve the data from a damaged laptop, that still has a working hard drive. I found the device incredibly handy when my laptop crashed, and I had no way of accessing the data. All I did was remove the hard drive from the laptop and insert it into the storage enclosure device, and away I went, full access again to all my data, just by plugging it into another desktop or laptop. There’s no complicated software to install on the computer, just plug it In and you can access the data as if it was on a flash drive. There are no mains plugs involved, it use's a USB port from the desktop or laptop to power its self, and it also comes with a protective... Read review

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Advantages: NEBS compliant, 1U Ultra SCSI disk cage.
Disadvantages: EOL was 2002

...Here we have a handy little 1U disk cage, which will take up to three Ultra SCSI drives. Oh, and it's NEBS compliant, so you can put in datacenters and telephone exchanges. SCSI ports - Two single-ended ports, 68-pin SCSI connector - Can be daisy chained via port (2 max in a chain) Power - The disk cage can be powered by AC or DC power. (I used the AC model) which has an auto sensing power supply - takes 100 to 240 VAC. There is also a DC model, to go with the Netra range... The DC model will take -48 to -60 VDC. Drives - The drives are inserted at the front of the 19" rack mounted unit, SCA disks, on Sun SPUD type brackets. The SCSI bays are either ID 2,3&4 or 10,11&12 which is flexible enough if you have to chain two together. Uses - People will find these most useful as a chassis to put boot disks... Read review

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