I have two 6TB Toshiba SATA 3.5" internal drives.
I want to try them mounted in an old desk top case with its PS and fans intact. I plan to connect their data ports to 2.5" Hard Drive Adapter Cables, and power them with adapter cables to the PS cables. I like the idea of them resting out of harms way, and working in a cooling breeze when backing up a 4TB drive full of movies.
I'm willing to give this a try, the costs aren't that much, but would like to know if the USB 2.5" Hard Drive Adapter data internals will likely be OK with 6TB. And, of course I don't want to damage the 6TB drives, but could test the contraption for general faults on small drives is my salvage drawer.
The only 2.5" Hard Drive Adapter Cable specs I've found are several brands that say they test fine for 2TB drives, and the 'Wavlink USB 3.0 Type C to SATA III HDD SSD 2.5" Hard Drive Adapter Cable UASP', that says that the "Hard drive reader supports access to the hard drive of maximum 5TB capacity."
The expression, he knows just enough to get in big trouble, applies in spades to me, so any thoughts would be greatly appreciated, including that I've posted this in the wrong place.
Thanks, Jim
I want to try them mounted in an old desk top case with its PS and fans intact. I plan to connect their data ports to 2.5" Hard Drive Adapter Cables, and power them with adapter cables to the PS cables. I like the idea of them resting out of harms way, and working in a cooling breeze when backing up a 4TB drive full of movies.
I'm willing to give this a try, the costs aren't that much, but would like to know if the USB 2.5" Hard Drive Adapter data internals will likely be OK with 6TB. And, of course I don't want to damage the 6TB drives, but could test the contraption for general faults on small drives is my salvage drawer.
The only 2.5" Hard Drive Adapter Cable specs I've found are several brands that say they test fine for 2TB drives, and the 'Wavlink USB 3.0 Type C to SATA III HDD SSD 2.5" Hard Drive Adapter Cable UASP', that says that the "Hard drive reader supports access to the hard drive of maximum 5TB capacity."
The expression, he knows just enough to get in big trouble, applies in spades to me, so any thoughts would be greatly appreciated, including that I've posted this in the wrong place.
Thanks, Jim