NewerTech Voyager Hard Drive Docking Solution

Our home office is littered with once-internally installed SATA hard drives that were yanked out of previous desktop machines. We've been swapping them in and out of an external hard drive enclosure in a pseudo-plug and play setup (we have to turn it off before plugging or pulling a drive out). But it looks like we don't have to do this any longer. NewerTech's Voyager Hard Drive Docking Solution allows users to insert any standard 2.5" or 3.5" SATA I/II hard drive with up to 2.0TB capacity into the compact docking base for true plug and play access...

Listed features include:

Supports all 2.5" and 3.5" SATA I/II hard drives up to 2.0TB
"Quad Interface" for maximum data transfer rates and system compatibility
Data transfer rates up to 3.0Gb/s (300MB/s)
Push button drive eject for safe hard drive removal
Hot-Swap functionality for fast access of multiple hard drives*
Weighted base and non skid rubber feet for stable operation
2-Color Status LED: left side blue for power on, right side flashing red for disk activity
Compact design…measures 5.28" x 3.70" x 2.68" inches
Whisper Quiet operation…no cooling fan needed
Plug and Play with Macs and PCs
All interface connection cables included

Transfer rates aren't bad at all, with eSATA up to 3.0Gb/s (or 300MB/s), FireWire 800: up to 800Mbps (100MB/s), FireWire 400: up to 400Mbps (50MB/s) and USB 2.0: up to 480Mbps (60MB/s), practically making our store of extra hard drives like huge versions of the now defunct Zip disks. $99 from NewerTech.

Comments (2)

This would be great for backups.

posted by mscot on December 4th 2008 at 3:57pm
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A cheaper version, with less connectivity options (just USB) is the
Thermaltake BlacX. We use the N0028USU at work for our plenty of uses in the IT department, and we buy them for just $40. We use them in linux and windows computers.

posted by m d on December 4th 2008 at 6:14pm
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