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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have an old OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 4 Bay Hard drive RAID Enclosure (1st generation) but I can't get it to be recognized by a computer. Mostly trying with linux over usb.

I've been thinking about maybe removing the electronics in it and just using it as an enclosure. It holds 4 drives nicely with a fan. Any thoughts about what I could use, I'm fine with just a USB interface. I don't need fast data access.

EDIT: other hardware I already have that could be useful:

1 - Intel NUC NUC5i7RYH
1 - Intel NUC NUC6CAY
2 - PINE A64+ 1GB

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

thanks, yeah I've been looking into the ROCK Pi Dual/Quad SATA HAT but it doesn't seem super available in the US. I'd also have to buy a raspberry pi. Could be worth it though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.radxa.com%2Fmw%2Fimages%2Fb%2Fb4%2FQuad_sata_hat_35_hdd.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=3547ed7d39d1b5c9a73642290e170f1a006f303a53ef5229311fe5f1a7b287b1&ipo=images

I found this picture, which could be exactly what you could want (I believe it is a Rock Pi SATA HAT ?), of course, now, time to find what hardware can do that for the cheapest!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah that HAT looks pretty sweet, haven't found a place to buy it though.