I have a Mac Mini which I have 4 external USB hard drives connected primarily set up as an iTunes sever. I have a 1 tb drive with 2 partitions which host various files to my other Mac on the network and serve as my Time Machine location. I have a 2 TB WD My Book, a 2.5 TB WD Elements, and a 3 TB Seagate Backup Plus which all have digital video on them and are in the iTunes library on the Mac Mini which hosts to my Apple TV's and other Mac.
I am out of USB ports on the Mac Mini and out of plugs on my surge protector. I am looking to get at least 1 dual bay external enclosure to combine 2 drives to free up a USB port and power outlet. The reason I say at least one is I may buy 2 if I can find what I want at a good price. What I'm looking for is this...
1. External enclosure that houses at least two 3.5" drives which are all SATA (I assume). I'll be talking the drives out of their stock enclosures.
2. Has a USB 3.0 connection to my computer.
3. Can run 24/7.
4. Will show each drive separately on the computer as they do now.
Can anyone make any suggestions? The 1 TB drive is portable so I'll keep that separate.
These are some options I found and are considering.
http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-C...sr=8-6&keywords=dual+bay+hard+drive+enclosure
http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-3-5-In...sr=8-4&keywords=dual+bay+hard+drive+enclosure
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Never mind on the thermal take. I meant to post http://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-S...sr=8-3&keywords=dual+bay+hard+drive+enclosure
I am out of USB ports on the Mac Mini and out of plugs on my surge protector. I am looking to get at least 1 dual bay external enclosure to combine 2 drives to free up a USB port and power outlet. The reason I say at least one is I may buy 2 if I can find what I want at a good price. What I'm looking for is this...
1. External enclosure that houses at least two 3.5" drives which are all SATA (I assume). I'll be talking the drives out of their stock enclosures.
2. Has a USB 3.0 connection to my computer.
3. Can run 24/7.
4. Will show each drive separately on the computer as they do now.
Can anyone make any suggestions? The 1 TB drive is portable so I'll keep that separate.
These are some options I found and are considering.
http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-C...sr=8-6&keywords=dual+bay+hard+drive+enclosure
http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-3-5-In...sr=8-4&keywords=dual+bay+hard+drive+enclosure
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Never mind on the thermal take. I meant to post http://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-S...sr=8-3&keywords=dual+bay+hard+drive+enclosure