Comments on: Idea: USB-RAID Hub http://dt.obility.net/ideas/idea-usb-raid-hub/ Discussions on Disruptive Technology and Entrepreneurship Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:03:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Joe Scharf http://dt.obility.net/ideas/idea-usb-raid-hub/#comment-15 Joe Scharf Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:12:54 +0000 http://dt.obility.net/?p=43#comment-15 Mike - that's pretty cool, and I especially like the price tag. I guess what I was thinking of was a device that contains everything this AMS Venus has minus the enclosure, so that you cobble together a number of external hdds into a raid configuration. I've been a big fan of the Infrant (Now Netgear) ReadyNAS, and personally use one for my main storage. The problem with the ReadyNAS and NASes in general is that they're expensive (The ReadyNAS is around $620 just to get a barebones system). Something like a USB-RAID hub or the AMS Venus would be a much cheaper way to get the data protection RAID affords. Thanks for the tip on the AMS Venus - I'll have to consider this if I need some quick, cheap RAID-enabled storage. Mike - that’s pretty cool, and I especially like the price tag. I guess what I was thinking of was a device that contains everything this AMS Venus has minus the enclosure, so that you cobble together a number of external hdds into a raid configuration.

I’ve been a big fan of the Infrant (Now Netgear) ReadyNAS, and personally use one for my main storage. The problem with the ReadyNAS and NASes in general is that they’re expensive (The ReadyNAS is around $620 just to get a barebones system). Something like a USB-RAID hub or the AMS Venus would be a much cheaper way to get the data protection RAID affords.

Thanks for the tip on the AMS Venus - I’ll have to consider this if I need some quick, cheap RAID-enabled storage.

]]> By: Mike http://dt.obility.net/ideas/idea-usb-raid-hub/#comment-16 Mike Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:52:27 +0000 http://dt.obility.net/?p=43#comment-16 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817332006 This looks like what you're talking about. I use a similar setup, except I have a NAS(network attached storage) device that also utilizes raid and connects to my network so I can access the data from anywhere on my LAN or even over the internet. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817332006

This looks like what you’re talking about. I use a similar setup, except I have a NAS(network attached storage) device that also utilizes raid and connects to my network so I can access the data from anywhere on my LAN or even over the internet.

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