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DHK Storage PopDrive POP-500 Review

By MaximumPC, published 15-07-2011

A good idea hamstrung by complex softaware The basic idea behind the PopDrive is a good one: a sleek, portable external enclosure that holds two 2.5-inch drives in RAID 1, to protect against the risk of data loss due to drive failure. Add in support for user notification emails, hotswap drive bays, and a relatively speedy 3Gb/s eSATA port, and it sounds like you’ve got yourself a winner. And you might, eventually. The PopDrive includes a slim, aluminum dual-bay chassis, 5V AC adapter, and USB 2.0 and eSATA ports at the rear of the chassis. If the PopDrive’s 1.2x3.9x6.4-inch aluminum chassis looks familiar, that’s because it’s the same casing as Silverstone’s DS221 dual-bay RAID drive. Silverstone’s device, though, uses a mechanical switch to change between RAID 0, RAID 1, and J...