Tag: enclosure

Review: Zalman VE200 External Hard Drive/Virtual Drive Enclosure

Review: Zalman VE200 External Hard Drive/Virtual Drive Enclosure

Guest post by forums member: ikon Zalman (http://www.zalman.com/eng/main.asp) is pretty well known for their computer accessories, particularly their CPU and GPU cooling products. Over the past few years they have expanded their line to include cases, power supplies, VGA cards, hard disk enclosures, and others. Recently, Zalman released a 2.5” hard drive enclosure that brings [...]

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Icy Dock MB973SP-B Tray-Less 3 in 2 SATA Backplane Module Review

Icy Dock MB973SP-B Tray-Less 3 in 2 SATA Backplane Module Review

One of the best features of store bought servers is the ability to add and remove drives without having to take a case apart and mess with those tiny screws.  For home builders, that convenience just doesn’t exist.  Last year at CES, we met with the people at Icy Dock and were excited to see [...]

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ICY DOCK MB662US-2S dual bay 3.5" SATA I & II to eSATA / USB 2.0

ICY DOCK MB662US-2S dual bay 3.5" SATA I & II to eSATA / USB 2.0

The MB662US-2S is a dual bay hard drive RAID enclosure that can use two 3.5” SATA hard drives (in my case, 80 GB drives) with 6 different RAID configurations and both USB and e-SATA connectors.  A good looking case design, a fan speed controller and hard drive installation that requires no tools or kits rounds [...]

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Icy Dock MB672SKGF Screwless Internal 3.5” SAS/SATA HDD Enclosure

Icy Dock MB672SKGF Screwless Internal 3.5” SAS/SATA HDD Enclosure

At CES 2010, Home Server Show had the opportunity to meet with the folks at Icy Dock and view their product line.  We shot a video interview with Roland Pantaleo and we agreed that their product line should be of interest to the home server community particularly those who are building their own machines. As [...]

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