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StarTech 4 Bay Hard Drive Dock - eSATA & USB 3.0 - $162 USD Delivered from Amazon

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Junkee on 12/10/2012 - 20:04 amazon.com (236 clicks)
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Hey guys… Just grabbed myself one of these hard drives docks from Amazon because my dual dock I bought from Aldi is annoying and these StarTech ones have pretty good reviews.. Maybe other OzBargainers might be interested in these 4 bay USB 3.0 docks…

They are usually $211.99 USD so you Save $68.00 USD or 32%

Basic Info:
• Access up to 4x SATA drives simultaneously over a single USB 2.0/3.0 or eSATA connection
• Independent power buttons and eject mechanism for each hard drive allows for quick and easy hot-swapping
• Dual 60mm cooling fans mounted below the drives with variable speed controls (including OFF)
• Supports both 2.5" and 3.5" form factor hard drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SSD)
• Input Voltage 110 ~ 240 AC

What's Included:
1x 4-Bay HDD Docking Station
1x eSATA cable
1x USB 3.0 cable
3x Power Cords (NA/UK/EU)
1x Universal Power Adapter
1x Instruction Manual

Full Specs:
http://www.startech.com/HDD/Docking/4-Bay-eSATA-USB-3-to-SAT…

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  • c64 on 12/10/2012 - 20:14
    +1

    freakin expensive gadget just to dock a hdd

    • foobar on 12/10/2012 - 20:18
      +2

      Four HDD's :)

  • scrimshaw on 12/10/2012 - 20:19
    +1

    so… is this like a NAS without the networking features? Why not just buy a NAS like one of these for not much more? Or a HP N40L?

    • tonyjzx on 12/10/2012 - 20:32

      the intention is to put an esata cable on this and then hook it to a microserver

      you can then use it to expand the capabilities of your microserver

    • Junkee on 12/10/2012 - 20:57
      +1

      This quad dock is handy for me as I have about 10x hard drives worth of storage on them and at the moment I only have a dual dock which doesn't always boot and you cant power each drive on individually and the drives get quite hot because there are no fans.

      This is a way for me to keep all my storage on the drives I have until I can afford a home server.

  • mp3police on 12/10/2012 - 20:25
    +2

    what a rip off lol =

  • foobar on 12/10/2012 - 20:29

    Looking at the camelx3 graph, now definitely wasn't the best time to post this item.

    Doubt they were ever $211.99 as well, that's just a number to make you feel like you're getting a discount bigger than you actually are. The most persistent price looks more like $140ish so the saving is closer to -$4.

    • Junkee on 12/10/2012 - 21:01

      Pretty cool tool, I wasn't aware of this one.

      Although, its only $15 more then the cheapest it has ever been and that was more then a year ago.

      I can understand that its not as much of a deal as I initially thought, but someone may be interested.

      • foobar on 12/10/2012 - 21:30
        +3

        In every amazon post here now, there's a link automatically created to camelcamelcamel for the item - have a look up at your post, you should notice it just above the tags.

        • Junkee on 12/10/2012 - 23:06

          Ahh cool thanks ;)

  • Obs on 12/10/2012 - 20:57
    +1

    At this price, I think an N40L would be a much better investment given the greater flexibility it provides. The only thing this has going for it is the USB3 and I guess lower power consumption compared to the microserver.

  • kid-vhee on 12/10/2012 - 21:15

    I find it quite expensive, especially if its 4 hdd sharing one eSata cable, speeds would be limited. Plus, it may be better if there were a raid feature to this station.

    • llama on 13/10/2012 - 00:15
      +1

      It's a DOCK. It's not something that you leave drives connected to permanently.

      Not many people seem to understand what a Hot Swap dock is. Think of a portable hard drive, but without the enclosure. Just a bare drive. Plug in the drive, do your backup or whatever, then remove drive again.

      Having multiple ports makes it heaps easier to move things around and sort them out.

      That said, I'm in the process of getting rid of my external docks and adding front-loading HotSwap bays to my computer(s). The (bare) Hard Drives slide in just like a very fat floppy drive - Awesome!

      • foobar on 13/10/2012 - 00:34

        My antec case has 4 of those (or something similar). Friggin awesome.

      • kid-vhee on 14/10/2012 - 14:42

        I understood it was a dock. but for $160, it seemed too much. On average i but my hdd docking station $20-30 each. I just emphasizing its price.

  • Merlict on 12/10/2012 - 21:17

    Please tell me the drives slide all the way in and aren't left exposed?

    • Junkee on 12/10/2012 - 21:26
      +1

      Its a dock so they are exposed. It's not an enclosure. This unit is made for hot swapping multiple drives in and out frequently like I do.

  • wninja on 12/10/2012 - 21:48

    made after a few http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/81847
    it could be a good idea? :P

    • foobar on 12/10/2012 - 21:58

      Reported as SPAM.

  • FabMan_UK on 12/10/2012 - 22:29
    +1

    These would be handy for IT Technicians but much better solutions for people at home.

    • slowmo on 12/10/2012 - 23:24

      or for people with 12tb worth of p0rn? who knows? whatever rocks your boat. :)

  • takigama on 13/10/2012 - 09:20
    +1

    is rather expensive for what it is, i have a number of usb3 dual-docks, and cant really see a good reason for owning a quad one like this when for the same price you could buy 5 of the dual-docks (10 drives).

    The power buttons sound nice, but in reality they'd probably just annoy me cause i tend to use mine in my server and being able to remote power on is probably not an option im guessing.

    the eSata bit is perhaps more interesting because the dual-docks i have only allow one drive on the esata connection and well sata is nicer then usb, thats for sure… but not for $160

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