So I want to install a hot swappable drive bay in my pc like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0VE-000W-00018&cm_re=hot_swap_5.25-_-0VE-000W-00018-_-Product
My plan is to upload movies, music ect on the hard drive though the hot-swap bay, then eject the hard drive and hook it up to a Banana Pi: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA39E2F91330&cm_re=banana_pi-_-2HK-001C-00001-_-Product. Which will allow me to have a large selection of entertainment on my living room television. That way when I buy more music or movies on my pc, I can just pop in the hot swap drive, load the media, eject it, and hook it up to the Banana Pi.
I don't know much about hot swapping and I haven't been able to find out much online. I basically want to use an HDD as you would a thumb drive so I don't have to shut my computer down when I attach and detach the HDD.
-Is this possible?
-What would I need to do to make sure I can safely eject and attach the HDD to my pc without having to turn my computer off?
-Do I need a certain kind of HDD?
-Do I need to attach the hot swap drive bay to a different location on my motherboard than I would a normal HDD?
I really don't know much about this so please answer accordingly. For example I don't know what RAID is, other than it is a bunch of HDDs in one computer.
Thanks!
My plan is to upload movies, music ect on the hard drive though the hot-swap bay, then eject the hard drive and hook it up to a Banana Pi: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA39E2F91330&cm_re=banana_pi-_-2HK-001C-00001-_-Product. Which will allow me to have a large selection of entertainment on my living room television. That way when I buy more music or movies on my pc, I can just pop in the hot swap drive, load the media, eject it, and hook it up to the Banana Pi.
I don't know much about hot swapping and I haven't been able to find out much online. I basically want to use an HDD as you would a thumb drive so I don't have to shut my computer down when I attach and detach the HDD.
-Is this possible?
-What would I need to do to make sure I can safely eject and attach the HDD to my pc without having to turn my computer off?
-Do I need a certain kind of HDD?
-Do I need to attach the hot swap drive bay to a different location on my motherboard than I would a normal HDD?
I really don't know much about this so please answer accordingly. For example I don't know what RAID is, other than it is a bunch of HDDs in one computer.
Thanks!