Docking Station, FIDECO Docking Station for 2 Hard Drives SATA USB 3.0 Cloning Function 2.5 Inch and 3.5 Inch HDD SSD SATA

I have been using 5.24" slot-in hard disk caddies for years. They make it so easy to mirror the contents of one hard drive to another. Essential for backing-up my photo collection, etc. Your needs may be similar. Caddies are getting harder to find as most desktop cases nowadays have far fewer external slots available. This FIDECO has USB-3 for speed, can take 2.5" and 3.5" drives [two of each] AND has two USB-3 ports on the front PLUS a microSD card slot - also on the front. The drives just 'post' into place. There is a power-switch on the rear. The unit needs mains power to work via the 'brick' supplied. There is automatic power-down of the inserted hard drives. Mine seems to take longer than the twenty minutes since large drive access but it does operate. Easy to tell by touching the 3.5" drives to detect any vibration. They definitely stop spinning. Works very well indeed. Surprisingly speedy, too. Definitely not slow. Capable of shifting many gigabytes in a short time. In case it matters: this is a six-core, Phenom 5 5600 motherboard, with 16Gb of RAM. FIDECO unit looks good in matt black. Has non-slip feet so unit does not 'waltz' or vibrate when drives active. Excellent value for money. An ideal modern alternative to disk caddies. Recommended without reservation. Hope helpful!

I've had a number of these sort of bay/hubs over the years and this is an excellent little bay, delivered quickly and well packaged which also works connected to our TV USB port (it might not with others - test at your own risk). I have the model (there are a few) which has the wider spaced USB ports on the front which allows even fat kingston usb sticks (see other review) to be used in tandem and unit gives good transfer speeds depending on ports/drives used of course. Simple to set up - plug and play/go even with our TV Its very compact despite catering for 3.5 and 2.5 sata drives, AND USB sticks, and better looking (opinion) than my older red ones. ** Clone feature is atrociously slow and limited and actually seems CONSIDERABLY slower and more basic than using this same hub connected to a PC and using a window freeware utility to clone with the 2 way sata overhead. I glued the button on my older drives to prevent accidental use. Just as hub - File transfer gives very reasonable speeds read and write (depending on USB ports) I think other reviews have dealt with much of the rest.

It works straightforward, I didn't have any problems with windows 11 drivers. I have not tested the transfer speed yet but it seems fast enough for my needs.

I purchased FIDECO's SATA/IDE - USB adapter last year, and I've been really impressed by how useful it's been; when I needed a SATA dock and I saw this, then, I thought I'd give it a go. I haven't had the chance to fully test everything just yet, but what I have tested works very well indeed. Just like the adapter, this thing is extremely useful; when I'm not using it as an external dual-drive for backups, I'm using it to transfer photos from my camera's SD card and charge up my camera's battery and power-bank - all at the same time! If it continues to work as expected, this dock is excellent value for money. I've no idea if the transfer rates are as claimed, if the USB is deffinately 3.0, if the dock really can handle up to 16TB of dual HDD capacity, or (if as others have observed) it over-heats and crashes under certain circumstances - I just don't have the means to test any of these specs - however, from what I've seen from other reviews, at least some of the stats seem promising. Well made for the price point - I love the light rubbery finish (even it if is a bit of a fingerprint magnet). So far, so VERY good!

Works a treat no issues

Bought to replace a similar model which after 5 years of continuous 24/7 use had become unreliable. Easy to use, light weight, 2 spare USB port and card readers on the front.

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Gayet güzel, 2 Adet 16TB HDD’yi tam yük altında kayıp olmadan çalıştırdı.

Salut, installation simple, prise en main facile. Content de mon achat.

L'ho presa proprio per il mio studio musicale casalingo: con la DAW piena di plugin (Omnisphere, Kontakt, Serum, ecc.) e librerie di sample enormi (da 500 GB in su), lo spazio sull'SSD interno del PC non bastava più. Ho collegato 2 dischi da 4-8 TB per tenere tutto a portata di mano, per me è stato un salvagente economico. Pro veloci: Plug and play totale: infili HDD/SSD SATA (2.5" o 3.5"), colleghi USB 3.0 al PC e compare subito come unità esterna – zero driver, riconoscimento istantaneo su Windows/Mac. Velocità buona: USB 3.0 arriva a 5 Gbps reali (leggo/scrivo sample intorno ai 100-150 MB/s con HDD, di più con SSD), caricamento librerie Kontakt/Omnisphere veloce, zero lag percepibile in sessione. Supporta dischi grandi: ho messo HDD da 8 TB senza problemi, e gestisce sia 2.5" che 3.5" (alimentatore incluso per i 3.5"). LED indicatori chiari (power + activity), si spegne da sola se non usata. Costruzione solida per il prezzo: plastica robusta, ventola interna silenziosa (quasi inudibile in studio), non scalda troppo anche con dischi pieni. Prezzo imbattibile: per avere storage "EXTRA" espandibile senza aprire il PC è perfetto. Contro minori: Non è USB 3.1/3.2 o Thunderbolt, quindi max ~150-180 MB/s reali – va bene per sample e plugin, ma per editing video 4K pesante è lento. A volte con dischi vecchi o pieni il riconoscimento richiede riavvio (raro, ma capita). In sintesi: 8/10 per studio musicale home. È la soluzione più semplice e low-cost per gestire infiniti sample e librerie plugin senza riempire l'SSD interno o comprare enclosure costose. La uso per caricare progetti grossi e non ho mai avuto un dropout o un "dove cavolo è finito quel sample". Se hai una DAW piena zeppa come la mia, e un buonacquisto al 100% – spazio illimitato a poco prezzo! 🎹💾

De docking station laat je schijven die uit een USB-verpakking komen alsnog benaderen. Soms (niet altijd) werkt het dan nog als het in de USB behuizing niet doet. Het kunnen insteken van een USB memory stick of een camera USB SD memory card is ook erg handig. Clonen van een schijf (van poort 1 naar poort 2) kan ook al zie ik me dat niet veel doen.