Data recovery and disk repair questions and discussions related to old-fashioned SATA, SAS, SCSI, IDE, MFM hard drives - any type of storage device that has moving parts
April 28th, 2025, 2:22
People,
I haven't found anything but is it possible to have an external case to a Linux PC that has, say, 24 SATA drives in it - but where each drive can be individually powered on or off - I guess in much the same way as hot-swapping in some drive bays?
If such a device does not already exist commercially, could it be actually constructed? - what would be involved?
Thanks,
Phil.
April 28th, 2025, 6:14
Do you mean something like this?
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/205182869091or actually a 24 version of this I guess.
https://www.amazon.com.au/selector-Switch-Control-Desktop-Computer/dp/B09G37TLL4you could design something bespoke with a single input power, 24 output ports and a 24 rotary selector if you made sure the selector was rated for power. shouldn't be too hard a circuit to design, just a bit fiddly