Can one IDE/SATA-USB adapter connect two 2.5" hdds to laptop?

[timmoy]

Is there a IDE/SATA-USB adapter able to connect one IDE and one 2.5" SATA 2.5" hdds to a laptop, so that I can transfer data between them without my laptop internal hdd as relay? Can you recommend some such adapters?
Note that my laptop has only one working usb port.

Or shall I better buy two adapters (and a usb hub)?

Or shall I better buy one adapter, and use my laptop's internal hdd as relay?

Thanks.

 

[USAFRet]

There are many. Search at Amazon for:
usb ide hdd dock

 

[timmoy]

There are many. Search at Amazon for:
usb ide hdd dock

Thanks. I have searched in Amazon following your hint.
Is there a hdd dock which can work with 1 ide and 1 sata at the same time, and with 2 satas at the same time?

 

[USAFRet]

There are many. Search at Amazon for:
usb ide hdd dock

Thanks. I have searched in Amazon following your hint.
Is there a hdd dock which can work with 1 ide and 1 sata at the same time, and with 2 satas at the same time?

With 3 drives?
"Supports 2x 2.5" & 3.5" SATA & 1x IDE hard drives simultaneously without any adapters. "
http://www.amazon.com/2-5-SATA-Docking-Station-Clone/dp/B005VMIOAK

Don't have one, never used it. But it seems to support your requirements.

 

[timmoy]

There are many. Search at Amazon for:
usb ide hdd dock

Thanks. I have searched in Amazon following your hint.
Is there a hdd dock which can work with 1 ide and 1 sata at the same time, and with 2 satas at the same time?

With 3 drives?
"Supports 2x 2.5" & 3.5" SATA & 1x IDE hard drives simultaneously without any adapters. "
http://www.amazon.com/2-5-SATA-Docking-Station-Clone/dp/B005VMIOAK

Don't have one, never used it. But it seems to support your requirements.

Thanks!

1. the 3 one looks what I think. But Is there a usb 3.0 model? I don't find any.

2. When I have more hdds laying around, what will be the best/better solution for using them as external storage?

 

[USAFRet]

USB 2.0 or 3.0 probably won't make a whole lot of difference in performance.
These things should really only be used as a temp condition, not as a permanent installation.

 

[timmoy]

USB 2.0 or 3.0 probably won't make a whole lot of difference in performance.
These things should really only be used as a temp condition, not as a permanent installation.

When people have more and more hdds laying around, what will be the best/better solution for using them as external storage? Docks seem mostly hold 2 hdds and rarely 3, not sure more.

 

[USAFRet]

USB 2.0 or 3.0 probably won't make a whole lot of difference in performance.
These things should really only be used as a temp condition, not as a permanent installation.

When people have more and more hdds laying around, what will be the best/better solution for using them as external storage? Docks seem mostly hold 2 hdds and rarely 3, not sure more.

Copy data to them as backup storage.
Unplug.

Hard drive space increases all the time. Old, small, slow drives (IDE !) are rarely useful for online use.
I have a 20" high stack of old drives, both SATA and IDE. All together, they do not add up to a $60 2TB SATA drive for space/performance.
Copy the data off them onto something new. Maybe use the older ones for backup purposes. But check them once a month or so.

 

[timmoy]

USB 2.0 or 3.0 probably won't make a whole lot of difference in performance.
These things should really only be used as a temp condition, not as a permanent installation.

When people have more and more hdds laying around, what will be the best/better solution for using them as external storage? Docks seem mostly hold 2 hdds and rarely 3, not sure more.

Copy data to them as backup storage.
Unplug.

Hard drive space increases all the time. Old, small, slow drives (IDE !) are rarely useful for online use.
I have a 20" high stack of old drives, both SATA and IDE. All together, they do not add up to a $60 2TB SATA drive for space/performance.
Copy the data off them onto something new. Maybe use the older ones for backup purposes. But check them once a month or so.

Is it possible and good to kind of connect old laptop drives, or even virtuallze them into what appears as one unit, e.g. to build personal DAS, NAS, SAN, RAID?

 

[USAFRet]

USB 2.0 or 3.0 probably won't make a whole lot of difference in performance.
These things should really only be used as a temp condition, not as a permanent installation.

When people have more and more hdds laying around, what will be the best/better solution for using them as external storage? Docks seem mostly hold 2 hdds and rarely 3, not sure more.

Copy data to them as backup storage.
Unplug.

Hard drive space increases all the time. Old, small, slow drives (IDE !) are rarely useful for online use.
I have a 20" high stack of old drives, both SATA and IDE. All together, they do not add up to a $60 2TB SATA drive for space/performance.
Copy the data off them onto something new. Maybe use the older ones for backup purposes. But check them once a month or so.

Is it possible and good to use old laptop drives to build personal NAS, SAN, RAID?

Laptop drives are just drives. just in a smaller, 2.5" package. My wifes desktop runs just fine on an older drive salvaged out of a laptop.
Using older drives in a NAS/RAID/server? How often do you want to replace them, and pray you don't lose data when one fails?

How much is your data worth? Cost of new drives is trivial.

 

[timmoy]

USB 2.0 or 3.0 probably won't make a whole lot of difference in performance.
These things should really only be used as a temp condition, not as a permanent installation.

When people have more and more hdds laying around, what will be the best/better solution for using them as external storage? Docks seem mostly hold 2 hdds and rarely 3, not sure more.

Copy data to them as backup storage.
Unplug.

Hard drive space increases all the time. Old, small, slow drives (IDE !) are rarely useful for online use.
I have a 20" high stack of old drives, both SATA and IDE. All together, they do not add up to a $60 2TB SATA drive for space/performance.
Copy the data off them onto something new. Maybe use the older ones for backup purposes. But check them once a month or so.

Is it possible and good to use old laptop drives to build personal NAS, SAN, RAID?

Laptop drives are just drives. just in a smaller, 2.5" package. My wifes desktop runs just fine on an older drive salvaged out of a laptop.
Using older drives in a NAS/RAID/server? How often do you want to replace them, and pray you don't lose data when one fails?

How much is your data worth? Cost of new drives is trivial.

Are DAS, SAN, NAS, RAID always online?

By "online", do you mean operating on the data on them directly, and there is no need to transfer data between them and computer's internal drive?

I think of them as backup storage which are seldom online except transferring data between them and laptop's internal hdd.

 

[USAFRet]

By 'online', I meant plugged in and spinning.