Hi to all,
as per-GB price of DVD+R DL has risen past per-GB on a hard drive, I ant to use the latters for storage of large files. I may buy other hard driveswhen time calls for it. Because of this reason and to remain evolutive for the next computers I'll use, I would like a dock that could at least support SATA II and FireWire 800 (USB 3.0 is virtually present nowhere, so not essential here).
Having it compatible with PATA would be a considerable advantage since I have many large capacity IDE drives available. It would also be great if it featured Gigabit Ethernet.I found out that it wouldn't be economical to buy an enclosure for each functional hard drive, hence the dock preference.
As a 3.5" hard drive needs at least 2 cables, it's less portable than a 2.5" one, and I will probably tranfer the needed files as needed, hence the need for a fast interface like FireWire 800, or Gigabit Ethernet.
Are there any suggested models, or alternate, economical solutions? I know I could build a home server, but I don't have the necessary room or money available to build that kind of gear.
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