They look more like NAS devices but use USB 3.0, not LAN

Apr 30, 2013 13:24 GMT  ·  By

Orico is really stretching the definition of external hard disk drive enclosure. I've seen dual and even triple-bay models, but 4-bay ones are already a bit much, so I can't help but wonder what would possess the company to make a 10-bay one.

Still, that's precisely what happened: the Chinese peripherals company has made a 10-bay drive enclosure (1088USJ3), as well as an 8-bay model (8988USJ3), and one with five bays (5988SUSJ3).

All of them connect to PCs through USB 3.0 links, but the 5-bay one also gets eSATA.

Speaking of which, the products utilize SATA 5.0 Gbps internally, allowing them to accept basically every sort of SATA HDD. They also have RAID support.

In the aforementioned order, the new devices have prices of RMB 2399¥ ($390 / €298), 1999¥ ($325 / €248), and 1399¥ ($227 / €173), respectively.

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