I don't want anyting like that as I'll have to run cables around my fireplace and it's a non starter
I just want to put my hard disk in a caddy and then plug the caddy into the telly via USB.
( Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 16:18, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

Cool, ok, this is how I'd do it.
I'd get one USB cable, run it behind the telly and let it loose into where you're planning to keep the media equipment. I'd then get two identical caddies (if they're laptop you can skip this bit) so the power sockets are the same, and run the power cable too behind it. Now you can hot-swap one disk for another when you want it. You might want to put some masking tape over the light too.

With the other caddie's powercable and USB cable, you can keep that attached to where-ever your computer is, so you can hot-swap on that end for loading content.

Forget all the extras like RAID, NAS and Media, go for cheap and one that looks right for your setup. Cheaper ones don't have coolants.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 16:28, Reply)