OEM Drive cases for archiving

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RyanBellaCine

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I'm looking for a solution for archiving ( shelving ) OEM Hard drives. We've been using eSata drive docks where we can pop in an OEM style drive. They work great, and since OEM drives are cheaper then enclosed external drives, it's very cost effective.

We've started to archive our old footage+ files on twin OEM drives - two drives with identical files, in case one drive goes bad on us while sitting on a shelf. But we need some way of shelving these drives so that we can properly label them, and so that they are basically protected from dust, static, etc...

What we are looking for would probably be akin to a basic tape case. But made for OEM 3.5" hard drives.

Kind of like this:
http://www.sourcingmap.com/clear-white-hard-disk-drive-store-tank-plastic-case-p-79575.html

But for 3.5" drives, and designed to be stackable. ( and maybe better looking too )

Anyone out there have any ideas or experience in this issue?
 
What you are looking for is the Hudzee. Just google it. They sell in packs of ten, anti static foam, drive size "tape case" style for bare drives. Pretty much it from cost and quality.
 
Thanks for the tip offs. I had done a "Google", but I was only getting external hard drive enclosures, not these types of cases. The Hudzee looks great, but a bit on the expensive side. Wiebtech looks more reasonable in cost.

The other "Dental Floss" style cases don't seem to be easily stackable on a shelf and have an odd design that just looks ugly.
 
I have no connection with Hudzee other than buying and using their product. The 10 packs are $10 difference between them and Weibetech which is not that big a deal. But realize plastics can easily build up static and the Weibetech has no anti static foam between the drive and case. The little things that add value and practicality.

Good luck with either. The general concept is solid to store drives this way. I use a small Pelican case to hold 8 drives as offsite backups.
 
For archiving, enclosures are a pain in the ****. You need to mess with screws to check what's on a disk.

I use an ESATA docking bay. (actually, I use three, but that is just a matter of convenience). Docking bays allow one or sometimes two ESTAT drives, to be plugged in directly
to the ESTATA interface. You don't need an enclosure. You don't have to screw/unscrew anything. It's like putting a SDHC card in a card reader, only much bigger.

Mine are Termaltake. I am pleased with them, but other marks exist.

The newest models also have USB3. That may be useful if your computer can handle it.
 
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