Drive docks worth it?

[Udagoogie]

I have 2 - 500Gig and 3 - 160 gig spare hard drives sitting in a draw. No space in my computer. Any suggestions for an inexpensive solution to combine to a network storage? I was thinking of a dock to use at least the 2 - 500 gig but they seem to be for drive duplication.
Thanks for any thoughts on this.

 

[jn77]

I use drive docks at home and work, you should be able to use them for either use. At work, we use them for cloning drives, at home I use them to back up files from the computer. You might be better getting a usb hub and external drive enclosures though. That will protect the drives better.

 

[Udagoogie]

Thanks. I'll also look at that.

 

[James Mason]

Or make your own NAS: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/need-network-storage-heres-how-to-build-your-own-nas-box/

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