HDD Hotswap Enclosures, $120-$210, Storage Trays

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SATA is the superior drive specification of the day. Reliable, easily installed and capable of tremendous performance, this is the way to increase your external storage for a fraction of the cost of most any other solution.

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• hot swappable
• economical
• great for large amounts of HD or SD footage
• unlimited storage capabilities
• allows you to upgrade or change out your SATA drives
• edit off of SATA drives--much better than external drives
• quiet
• Built to last- from Macgurus
• Comes pre-assembled (I've already done this for you), though you may need a host card.
  
  

Prices: ( retail= first number, asking price= boldface)
Listed here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pPvP2YmV0qdERVWyxz2IsXA

Macgurus Burly Box 2- bay Hot swap SATA drive http://www.macgurus.com/productpages/sata/hotswapsatakits.php $ 191 $120 SATA type A, 6 ft cable, READ this: http://www.macgurus.com/guides/hostcardtype.php
Macgurus Burly Box 4- bay Hot swap SATA drive http://www.macgurus.com/productpages/sata/hotswapsatakits.php $317 $210 SATA type A, 6 ft cable, READ this: http://www.macgurus.com/guides/hostcardtype.php
Standard SATA Drive Tray (6) $ 26 $15
300 GB, 7200, 16 MB cache Maxtor SATA (7) http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16822144032 $ 100 $50