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How do these work - GAMER101 - 2014-07-14
http://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-H82-SU3S2-External-Enclosure-Transfer/dp/B005GYDMYG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405344200&sr=8-1&keywords=8+bay+hard+drive+enclosure
It's an 8 bay enclosure but it doesn't have 8 USB ports from what I can see. Does it have a shut off button to save power?
RE: How do these work - jammyb - 2014-07-14
It'll work off one USB port or if your mobo has a sata multiplier port then you can use the eSATA port.
You'll get all 8 drives accessible with either option.
I'd still pick a sata card and big tower over that box though. Too much down one cable IMO.
RE: How do these work - natethomas - 2014-07-14
I have the 4 port version of this. It really is just a bunch of disks in a box. There is a manual power off button, but no software aware power that I'm aware of. Though to my knowledge the disks do spin down when they aren't being used.