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Windows 7: How many HDD run off powered HUB?
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23 Oct 2011
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#1 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 & Mac OS X 10.7.1 United Kingdom |
How many HDD run off powered HUB?
im making myself a sort of NAS box, but without the NAS for now lol
I will be mounting 4 3.5" HDD's in a hot swap box im making, and converting them to usb. For backing up purposes, without RAID.
Instead of having 4 usb cables coming out, i though about building a powered usb hub inside, and having just the one cable come out.
Just wondering if theres any part of my plan that ive not thought about! | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Built by badgers!!!
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 & Mac OS X 10.7.1
CPU Intel Core i5 2500k
Motherboard Asus P8z68
Memory Corsair Vengence 8gb 1866mhz
Graphics Card XFX Ati HD6950 2Gb
Sound Card Mobo Optical to Yamaha Rx-V667 7.2 home cinema system
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung LED 32" TV
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Saitek Cyborg V7
Mouse Saitek R.A.T 9
PSU Corsair HX650w Modular
Case NZXT Phantom White
Cooling Corsair H60 Push/Pull
Hard Drives 120gb Corsair Force 3 SSD
Internet Speed Too slow!
Other Info AMD fusion E350N Home server-Windows Home Server 2011 (also made by badgers!)
2011 Macbook 2.4ghz Core2Duo, 4gb ddr3, 120gb Ocz Vertex SSD
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23 Oct 2011
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#2 | |
Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit Fantasyland |
Um...even if this works, how would your computer be able to address 4 different disks over a single USB cable? Short of writing your own transport protocol and special drivers to implement it, I don't see this happening.... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom-built
OS Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz, overclocked to 2.7GHz
Motherboard Asus PL5D2
Memory 4GB DDR2-667 (4x1GB in dual-channel config)
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce 9800 GT
Sound Card Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
Monitor(s) Displays Acer
Screen Resolution 1920x1200 (DVI)
Keyboard Standard
Mouse Microsoft wireless optical mouse
PSU Antec TruePower 2.0
Case Cooler Master Centurion
Cooling various fans
Hard Drives OCZ SSD Vertex Plus 60GB SATA (Firmware 3.55), 64MB cache
Hitachi HD321KJ SATA, 320GB, 7200rpm, 16MB cache
Internet Speed DSL; ~330KB/sec down, ~110KB/sec up
Other Info Have a laptop too :) (Compaq CQ60 also with Win7 Pro SP1 32-bit)
Drives in both systems:
C: - Windows 7 + apps. Pagefile is fixed size and located at the very end of the partition.
D: - various temp files/cache for Firefox and apps/games.
E: - videos, music, misc. storage, torrent downloads, etc.
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23 Oct 2011
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1, Windows 8 Pro x64 Florida, USA |
@Corazon
I have a Belkin 7 port powered USB hub (single USB cable to the computer) with 5 USB hard drives connected.
Each USB port can support 127 devices if power is not an issue.
I'm not sure of what you are saying. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1, Windows 8 Pro x64
CPU INTEL Core i7 3820 LGA 2011
Motherboard Gigabyte GA X79 UD5 v1.0 F13s
Memory 16 GB (4 X 4GB) G-Skill Ripjaws Z DDR3 2133 Quad Channel
Graphics Card EVGA GTX 460 SC 1GB
Sound Card Realtek Onboard ALC898
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung BX2431
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech G15
Mouse Microsoft Wireless Explorer Mouse
PSU Corsair HX1000W
Case Thermaltake Armor+
Cooling INTEL BXRTS2011LC Liquid-cooled
Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 4 120GB 2.5 in. SSD FW 1.5
3x OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5 in. SSD FW 2.25
4 x WD 2002FAEX SATA
4xWD 7501AALS SATA
Internet Speed 6.0 Mb/s
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24 Oct 2011
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit Fantasyland |
Oh...now I get it. I thought that the OP somehow wanted to address his 4 drives as one single USB drive...I kinda feel silly now.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom-built
OS Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz, overclocked to 2.7GHz
Motherboard Asus PL5D2
Memory 4GB DDR2-667 (4x1GB in dual-channel config)
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce 9800 GT
Sound Card Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
Monitor(s) Displays Acer
Screen Resolution 1920x1200 (DVI)
Keyboard Standard
Mouse Microsoft wireless optical mouse
PSU Antec TruePower 2.0
Case Cooler Master Centurion
Cooling various fans
Hard Drives OCZ SSD Vertex Plus 60GB SATA (Firmware 3.55), 64MB cache
Hitachi HD321KJ SATA, 320GB, 7200rpm, 16MB cache
Internet Speed DSL; ~330KB/sec down, ~110KB/sec up
Other Info Have a laptop too :) (Compaq CQ60 also with Win7 Pro SP1 32-bit)
Drives in both systems:
C: - Windows 7 + apps. Pagefile is fixed size and located at the very end of the partition.
D: - various temp files/cache for Firefox and apps/games.
E: - videos, music, misc. storage, torrent downloads, etc.
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24 Oct 2011
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 & Mac OS X 10.7.1 United Kingdom |
Got me worried then! I want them to be 4 separate drives.
I'm turning into a backup freak, so ill back up on all 4 drives, then remove 2 and keep them at my place of work, and return them monthly lol.
Just started converting my entire blu ray and dvd collection to mp4 or avi and worried what will happen if my NAS system goes plop!
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Built by badgers!!!
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 & Mac OS X 10.7.1
CPU Intel Core i5 2500k
Motherboard Asus P8z68
Memory Corsair Vengence 8gb 1866mhz
Graphics Card XFX Ati HD6950 2Gb
Sound Card Mobo Optical to Yamaha Rx-V667 7.2 home cinema system
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung LED 32" TV
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Saitek Cyborg V7
Mouse Saitek R.A.T 9
PSU Corsair HX650w Modular
Case NZXT Phantom White
Cooling Corsair H60 Push/Pull
Hard Drives 120gb Corsair Force 3 SSD
Internet Speed Too slow!
Other Info AMD fusion E350N Home server-Windows Home Server 2011 (also made by badgers!)
2011 Macbook 2.4ghz Core2Duo, 4gb ddr3, 120gb Ocz Vertex SSD
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24 Oct 2011
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1, Windows 8 Pro x64 Florida, USA |
@Corazon
I see what you meant now. Certainly a valid interpretation. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1, Windows 8 Pro x64
CPU INTEL Core i7 3820 LGA 2011
Motherboard Gigabyte GA X79 UD5 v1.0 F13s
Memory 16 GB (4 X 4GB) G-Skill Ripjaws Z DDR3 2133 Quad Channel
Graphics Card EVGA GTX 460 SC 1GB
Sound Card Realtek Onboard ALC898
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung BX2431
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech G15
Mouse Microsoft Wireless Explorer Mouse
PSU Corsair HX1000W
Case Thermaltake Armor+
Cooling INTEL BXRTS2011LC Liquid-cooled
Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 4 120GB 2.5 in. SSD FW 1.5
3x OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5 in. SSD FW 2.25
4 x WD 2002FAEX SATA
4xWD 7501AALS SATA
Internet Speed 6.0 Mb/s
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24 Oct 2011
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x86 Massachusetts |
You had me worried there for a second, Corazon 
Nah it's perfectly OK the way the op plans to do that.
USB can address up to 127 devices (IIRC) but the power transmitted through USB is very limited so an externally powered hub is the way to go.
Just make sure to use a high quality USB cable at least between computer or box.
And make sure you build some means of cooling ( like a couple fans...2 in one out) into that box. 4HDDs in confined space might generate some heat 
-DG | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP m8000n
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x86
CPU DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2600 MHz 5200+
Motherboard Asus M2N68-LA (Narra)
Memory Samsung 2GB DDR2
Graphics Card Onboard NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Sound Card Onboard nVIDIA nForce 6100-430 (MCP61P)
Monitor(s) Displays Westinghouse 19" LED
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Keyboard Logitech Classic KB 200
Mouse Standard HP opticle USB mouse
PSU Stock (HP)
Case Stock (HP)
Cooling Stock
Hard Drives SATA II Seagate Barracuda 500GB
USB II WD Elements 500GB
USB II WD My Book 1TB
USB II WD My Book 2TB
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