EDIT: The title above should say X20, not X18.

I’m getting a great deal on an Exos X20. However, I don’t have a NAS.

What do I need is a reliable, high capacity external HDD that I can use to hoard and carry my data around.

Since these drives use SATA connectors, can you just connect a SATA cable to these drives, plug them into a laptop and use it as an external drive? Would it work?

I have no experience with these helium filled drives and reaching out to the community here to enlighten me whether they could work for the above use case.

Thanks

  • WikiBox@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Sure.

    It will break, just as reliably as any other HDD if you drop it high enough.

    You need SATA and 12V.