ORICO Direct US Store via Amazon has a
5-Bay ORICO USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station with Offline Cloning (ORICO-6558) on sale for $116.99 - $46.80 (40%) off when you click 'Redeem' on the product page or apply promo code
CYVSYXJG on the checkout page =
$70.19.
Shipping is free.
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Izzy138 for finding this deal.
Details:
- Hard drive duplicator supports 1:4 offline cloning
- Supports 5x18 TB (up to 90TB) capacity expansion and compatible with 2.5/3.5" SATA I II III HDDs SSDs
- 5 Gbps transfer speed and backward compatible with USB 2.0 / 1.1
- Compatible with all Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 7, 2008, Windows 8, 8.1 32 or 64-bit computers, Linux and Mac 9.1/10.2 or higher
- 12V 6.5A independent power supply
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But in all seriousness, I've been cheap with gear like this before and had mixed results. Some worked as expected. Some under-performed a bit, but still worked. And some were unreliable or worse.
Saying that there are 5-bay external USB to SATA docks for $22 doesn't make me think OP's deal is overpriced. It makes me think that whoever buys one for $22 from Ali Express is likely going to lose data, or at least test their backup plan. Adding in RAID support to that $22 price point makes me even more convinced to stay away.
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The raid units cost more, and aren't open like this one which is more of a temporary solution, not saving that much by buying a much more cheaply built unit than their full enclosures.
This kind of thing is more for filling drives before shipping them out or storage, just temporary.
The other units were on sale listed on here since christmas.
The raid units cost more, and aren't open like this one which is more of a temporary solution, not saving that much by buying a much more cheaply built unit than their full enclosures.
This kind of thing is more for filling drives before shipping them out or storage, just temporary.
The other units were on sale listed on here since christmas.
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Any time you get past 3 drives it goes past the 50 dollar mark. And I'm not sure those larger units support cloning either (if you were to need that function).
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But in all seriousness, I've been cheap with gear like this before and had mixed results. Some worked as expected. Some under-performed a bit, but still worked. And some were unreliable or worse.
Saying that there are 5-bay external USB to SATA docks for $22 doesn't make me think OP's deal is overpriced. It makes me think that whoever buys one for $22 from Ali Express is likely going to lose data, or at least test their backup plan. Adding in RAID support to that $22 price point makes me even more convinced to stay away.
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If you have space in your desktop computer, consider installing the drives internally. SATA 3 has 6 Gbps transfer speeds and power usage will just be the power needed to run the drives. You're also relying on your motherboard instead of cheaper external controllers for the drives.
I did not have enough drive slots, but I did have plenty of open space. So I bought an internal caddy and mounted it with a few screws and zip ties. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09GB3KVNR
For Plex I have 4 18 TB drives set up in Windows Storage Spaces in two-way mirror mode.
If you have space in your desktop computer, consider installing the drives internally. SATA 3 has 6 Gbps transfer speeds and power usage will just be the power needed to run the drives. You're also relying on your motherboard instead of cheaper external controllers for the drives.
I did not have enough drive slots, but I did have plenty of open space. So I bought an internal caddy and mounted it with a few screws and zip ties. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09GB3KVNR
For Plex I have 4 18 TB drives set up in Windows Storage Spaces in two-way mirror mode.
Thanks for this information. That's pretty much what I am doing right now. My 2015 gaming PC has turned into my Plex server with internal drives but now I have a newer everyday PC running near it but it's an ITX setup that I cannot add any drives to.
I was hoping to get rid of the old PC, even though it has been runny great.
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