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elnous That article is pretty bold, suggesting—hey, for the price, it’s a good idea to take it apart and use the drives separately… A former colleague of mine tried doing that with some 3.5-inch external drives—he bought four of them on sale—but when he went to take them apart, it turned out the controller had the USB 3.0 connector soldered directly onto the board (it was a custom controller adapted for this specific use, even though the drive itself was standard). So, the whole project ended up going bust—hahahahahahaha! Unexpected, but true. And when you think about it, it actually makes sense—it saves on parts, space, and assembly complexity. Reply
TJcat5 It's 2.5 cents per GB (or $0.025 per GB), not 0.025 cents per GB. The classic Verizon math error. Reply
USAFRet elnous said: That article is pretty bold, suggesting—hey, for the price, it’s a good idea to take it apart and use the drives separately… A former colleague of mine tried doing that with some 3.5-inch external drives—he bought four of them on sale—but when he went to take them apart, it turned out the controller had the USB 3.0 connector soldered directly onto the board (it was a custom controller adapted for this specific use, even though the drive itself was standard). So, the whole project ended up going bust—hahahahahahaha! Unexpected, but true. And when you think about it, it actually makes sense—it saves on parts, space, and assembly complexity. Shucking drives is totally possible with some. And impossible with others. I did it with an 8TB Seagate. But only after seeing reports of other people doing it with that particular drive make/model. Reply
SomeoneElse23 A one year warranty on 16TB of data is a massive gamble. Reply
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