Storage Technology for the Home User

“For anyone looking to get a handle on all of their personal
data, there are several products on the market right now aimed at
the average home-or-desktop user. This wide range of new products
available offer excellent storage density, management and
performance — and Linux compatibility. While a good friend
always tells me, “technology is meant to be owned” sometimes the
bank account doesn’t always support that philosophy. So the
products discussed in this article are for a range of prices from
$20 to thousands of dollars. But the focus is on products and
technologies that can be used in desktops to really boost
performance or ease storage management.

“RAID Cage (Multidrive Enclosures)

“Tower or mid-tower cases are very popular because of the large
number of drives you can fit into them. However, to swap out the
drives or to work on the drives you usually have to open the case,
and perhaps even monkey with the cabling. Wouldn’t it be nice to
have something like an enterprise class storage unit with easy
opening hot-swap drives that are lockable? You’re in luck because
there are a number of units that are described as RAID Cages or
Multidrive Enclosures.

“These units slide into the empty 5.25″ drive bays on the
front of the case and give you instant hot-swappable drive
access/control. Some of the benefits of these units are:”

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