The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/deatheater02 on 2024-12-06 01:54:24.

I mean tell me if I am wrong but I recently wanted to get a docking station for some of ky sata drives (2.5inches) and i came across some with 4-bay and 6-bay docking stations. But these were quite expensive to buy when the only thing they were doing is to connect some drives to my pc (not even raid compatible) and having a teeny tiny fan to cool them. Yes i understand that there is more to it than I see but still a singh internal to external sata converter costs cheaper per peice (that is per drive) than these docking stations. And the worst part is they are not modular, i understand that there would be power issues and heating might too create a problem but can’t power be solved by putting a bigger something (i dont know the word) in the circuit itself ? And can’t a person DIY a fan to solve heating problems? So shouldn’t there be a station that is modular meaning we can add a few ports (not saying unlimited) as a part to the original station? Like we can buy a 4-bay station as a base but it can support up to 8-bay power and we can but 2-bay additional ports which can be attached to the original station via some connection.

Please correct me if I am wrong coz i want to understand this and work on this