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2. Disk enclosure - Wikipedia

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   An external hard drive enclosure that uses a 2.5-in drive and a USB connection for power and transfer. Key benefits to using external disk enclosures include: Adding additional storage space and media types to small form factor and laptop computers, as well as sealed embedded systems such as digital video recorders [1] and video game consoles. [2]

3. External storage - Wikipedia

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   Initially all external storage, tape and hard disk drives are today available as both internal and external storage. In the 1964 removable disk media was introduced by the IBM 2310 disk drive with its 2315 cartridge used in IBM 1800 and IBM 1130 computers. [7] Magnetic disk media is today not removable; however disk devices and media such as ...

4. Direct-attached storage - Wikipedia

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   A typical DAS system is made of a data storage device (for example enclosures holding a number of hard disk drives) connected directly to a computer through a host bus adapter (HBA). Between those two points there is no network device (like hub, switch, or router), and this is the main characteristic of DAS.

5. Computer case - Wikipedia

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   In the past, many tower cases (including full tower cases) intended to house file servers featured a locking door covering the external drive bays. This was a security feature intended to prevent the theft of the CD-ROM discs the drives would be holding. At the time, CD-ROM capacity was larger than the hard disks available, and many business ...

6. Hard disk drive - Wikipedia

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   Two 2.5" external USB hard drives Seagate Hard Drive with a controller board to convert SATA to USB, FireWire, and eSATA Current external hard disk drives typically connect via USB-C; earlier models use USB-B (sometimes with using of a pair of ports for better bandwidth) or (rarely) eSATA connection. Variants using USB 2.0 interface generally ...

7. Portable storage device - Wikipedia

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   Most modern PSDs are dedicated solid-state drives (SSD) that are connected to a computer and powered via USB ports. Some PSDs, usually those from before the wide adoption of SSDs, are modified hard disk drives via the installation of a disk enclosure , and require an additional AC adapter as the power required to operate the drive typically ...