Am Sat, May 31, 2025 at 09:51:41PM -0500 schrieb Dale: > One more update. I did some research on the older external enclosure > that hard drives just slide into, no disassembly to change drives, and > it is indeed a SATA 2 spec enclosure. Don't get me wrong, I love the > enclosure. I can swap drives in well under 30 seconds. It's a nice > enclosure and I wish I had some more of them just maybe SATA 3. > […] I like the ease with which I can swap drives. I mostly use > them for testing and updating a hard drive backup of /root, /etc and my > world file. I only update those every couple months or so anyway so > speed just isn't a issue.
If your case has free 5¼″ slots, you could consider getting a hot swap bay. There are models for a single 3.5″ drive, with or without a second 2.5″ slot. It would require one free internal SATA port per bay, though. For giggles: there is space for up to 8! 2.5″ slots in a single 5¼″ bay: https://global.icydock.com/product_169.html Or how about 8 × M.2? :D :D https://global.icydock.com/product_363.html I have one of those: <https://en.sharkoon.com/product//12640>. Due to its integrated USB 3, I bought a case with only USB 2 at the front, so the two complemented each other nicely. (There was a newer version of the case with USB 3¹, but in only one of the two sockets. What are manufacturers thinking? USB 2 and 3 connectors on a mobo always come in pairs, but that way they had to use two cables in a rather low-budget case). ¹ https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/core/core-1000/Black/ -- Grüße | Greetings | Salut | Qapla’ Please do not share anything from, with or about me on any social network. My aunt had so severe pain in her joints that she could barely raise her arms above her head. It was the same with her legs.
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