From: Ken M. <km...@ma...> - 2013-01-14 01:41:16
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I'm looking for a dock that handles 3.5" sata drives with a USB 3.0 connection to a Linux box. I need one that works with Linux smartmontools. The ads rarely tell you what chipset is used in the dock. Is there one (not too expensive) that works with smartctl? I'll be testing various drives so I 'm looking for one of the open air docks. |
From: Christian F. <Chr...@t-...> - 2013-01-15 06:33:34
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Ken Mandelberg wrote: > I'm looking for a dock that handles 3.5" sata drives with a USB 3.0 > connection to a Linux box. I need one that works with Linux > smartmontools. The ads rarely tell you what chipset is used in the dock. > > Is there one (not too expensive) that works with smartctl? I'll be > testing various drives so I 'm looking for one of the open air docks. Did you check our list of supported devices? http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices I successfully used this USB 3.0 docking station with smartmontools under Linux and Windows: http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/content/sata-quickport-h3-usb30 Cheers, Christian |
From: Ken M. <km...@ma...> - 2013-01-15 14:30:56
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Christian Thanks, I did check out the list of supported devices, and in particular the Sharkoon Quickport H3 you mention. I can't find anyone that sells it. I'm guessing it isn't a current model. It's hard to find any Sharkoon docks for sale. The only one I could find was on ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sharkoon-SATA-HDD-Docking-2-5-inch-and-3-5-inch-SATA-QuickPort-XT-USB-3-0-Blac-/350683107294?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51a6578fde but its a completely different model, and who knows what chipset is uses. Christian Franke wrote, On 01/15/2013 01:33 AM: > Ken Mandelberg wrote: >> I'm looking for a dock that handles 3.5" sata drives with a USB 3.0 >> connection to a Linux box. I need one that works with Linux >> smartmontools. The ads rarely tell you what chipset is used in the dock. >> >> Is there one (not too expensive) that works with smartctl? I'll be >> testing various drives so I 'm looking for one of the open air docks. > > Did you check our list of supported devices? > http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices > > I successfully used this USB 3.0 docking station with smartmontools > under Linux and Windows: > http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/content/sata-quickport-h3-usb30 > > Cheers, > Christian > |
From: Christian F. <Chr...@t-...> - 2013-01-17 20:34:44
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Ken Mandelberg wrote: > Thanks, I did check out the list of supported devices, and in > particular the Sharkoon Quickport H3 you mention. I can't find anyone > that sells it. I'm guessing it isn't a current model. It is available from stock from many shops in DE, FR, UK. Outside Europe it may possibly be sold under different brands. |
From: Ken M. <km...@ma...> - 2013-03-07 13:48:00
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Ken Mandelberg wrote, On 01/13/2013 08:18 PM: > I'm looking for a dock that handles 3.5" sata drives with a USB 3.0 > connection to a Linux box. I need one that works with Linux > smartmontools. The ads rarely tell you what chipset is used in the dock. > > Is there one (not too expensive) that works with smartctl? I'll be > testing various drives so I 'm looking for one of the open air docks. > I'm still looking for one of these. The Sharkoon is not available in the US. The specs on these docks never say what usb bridge they are using, and the manufacturer tech support never knows. I did notice one that says "Support UAS Attached SCSI Protocol Specification Revision 1.0". Does that buy anything? |
From: Ken M. <km...@ma...> - 2013-05-06 13:51:45
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I'm still looking for a USB 3.0 dock available in the US that works with Smartmontools on Linux. The only thing close I can find on the list are Sharkoon docks, and the only one thats available in the US is Sharkoon SATA QUICKPORT XT/XT USB3.0 which is not on the list. The spec sheets tell you nothing other than its supported on windows and mac. Sharkoon support never replies to my questions. Anyone know if this would work with smartmontools on Linux? |