Re: [SLE] Need Hardware Storage Device Info

From: Ken Schneider (suse-list_at_bout-tyme.net)
Date: 03/29/05

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Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:32:31 -0500

    On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 14:26 -0900, Greg Wallace wrote:
    > I currently have an external hard drive container with a single hard drive
    > capacity. I would like to have the ability to swap out hard-drives on a
    > single device similar to this one except without having to go through all of
    > the effort of screwing the drive down onto the mounts. I'm wondering if
    > anyone manufactures a device that makes it simpler to remove and replace
    > disk drives into the device. In my dreams, it might have some simple thumb
    > screws too attach it to the mount so that all you would have to do is slip
    > it in, connect the USB cable and power to the drive, tighten down the thumb
    > screws, slip the cover over it, and plug it in and use it. I. e., you could
    > change out a hard drive on this device in 5 minutes or less. Anyone out
    > there know if there is such a device?
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Greg Wallace

    A fellow I worked with, before I retired, was using a hot swap (I think)
    device that installed into one of the exposed trays. You might look into
    something like that. 

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