Unused/idle/backup SATA 3.5 drives, how to store ?

[Jann Lipka]

I made the switch from FireWire to Sata about year ago and get a small
mountain of spare SATA ( 3, 5 inch ) internal drives .

What I do now is put those backup drives ( about 30 right now )
in original ant electrostatic bags and keep those in shoe boxes .

Anyone with more professional looking / better solution .
I remember years ago someone on RG forums had solution made in molded foam thing ..


PS ,
I keep 10 of currently used  SATA drives in 2 Sonnet SATA towers ,
backup / idle  drives are kept off site .

[Rick_Allen]

Imagemechnics.com I think are the guys your thinking of.

[Jann Lipka]

No i cannot find anything usefull on their website ..
So am I the only one  here with loads of looose SATA ( or ATA ) drives ?

[Ed Foster, Jr.]

No i cannot find anything usefull on their website ..
So am I the only one  here with loads of looose SATA ( or ATA ) drives ?
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This is the best solution that I have been able to find.

[a href=\"http://www.casesbypelican.com/hdrives.htm#harddrive]http://www.casesbypelican.com/hdrives.htm#harddrive[/url]

Regards,
Ed

[Jann Lipka]

OK , I came to conclusion that any case with custom adjustable foam insert would work .
Drives are quite heavy, but pelican cases even more heavy ,
so I will probably go with no name aluminium cases ..

Thanks for pointing me into this direction Ed !

[Rick_Allen]

Thing is you need to make sure its anti-static
This is what imagemechanics came up with http://www.deathtofilm.com/2006/11/12/imag...chiving-system/ this is from their blog