September 29, 201114 yr Thermaltake BlacX ST0005U External Hard Drive SATA Enclosure Docking Station 2.5” & 3.5” USB 2.0 & eSATA $29 after promo EMCKAHA225 (expires at 11:59pm PT on 10/1/2011) $14 after MIR (expires on 10/2/11) These 'toaster style' docks can be very useful for quickly preclearing a drive if you have a spare eSATA port on your server. You can also use them to add an array drive, though I wouldn't recommend it as a long-term solution as the drive will be more prone to damage and will have no dedicated cooling.
September 29, 201114 yr Lol. I am glad I am not the only person that calls them toaster style docks. These things are so handy. They are great for transferring data to and from a pc (any os). They are also great for doing rotational backups of a pc/server. Especially if the pc has esata.
September 29, 201114 yr Author Lol. I am glad I am not the only person that calls them toaster style docks. Toaster not only in appearance, but because they toast your drives! I'm somewhat kidding - if used short term these docks are fairly safe. I just wouldn't use one in any long term capacity.
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