Looking for a way to Shockproof my external HDD.

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Looking for a way to Shockproof my external HDD. I was considering
using a sorbothane sheet on the outside. I was also contemplating. I
have also heard of people using polymer bushings for other
applications...?
 
randall said:
Looking for a way to Shockproof my external HDD. I was considering
using a sorbothane sheet on the outside. I was also contemplating.
I have also heard of people using polymer bushings for other applications...?
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Really depends on what you mean by shock proofing.

If you want to be able to drop it onto a concrete floor from a height of 10'
when running without any damage at all, thats a very different matter to just
being able to move it from one place to another in a container of some kind.

It you want to stop it being knocked over or being knocked off the table,
that can be done in various ways.
 
randall shimizu wrote
I want to protect the hdd fro a drop off the table.
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Its a lot easier to ensure that it cant drop off the table.

Its very difficult to shockproof a 3.5" drive so it can
be dropped off the table when running with impunity.
 
randall shimizu said:
Looking for a way to Shockproof my external HDD. I was considering
using a sorbothane sheet on the outside. I was also contemplating. I
have also heard of people using polymer bushings for other
applications...?
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First of all, you need to know what your threat is. Then, it this
a 3.5" or 2.5" HDD? Heavily used or not? Heat is a consideration,
but typically uncritical for 2.5" and typically problematic for
3.5".

Personally, I have one 2.5" HDD in a paded pouch made for this,
I think by LaChie. Works well. There was also a hard-case that
did not have sufficient padding on the sides.

There are lots of options, but one size does not fit all.

Arno
 
Looking for a way to Shockproof my external HDD. I was considering
using a sorbothane sheet on the outside. I was also contemplating. I
have also heard of people using polymer bushings for other
applications...?
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Go mechanical engineering newsgroup! :)

You will need a shock sensor that looks like the labyrinth in your ear.

http://www.clarityhearingsolutions.com.au/hearing_loss.html

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David Brown wrote
randall shimizu wrote
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Buy a very thick carpet? Get one of these Japanese tables with
three-inch legs?
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Put the drive n the floor to start with, stupid.
Ask yourself /why/ you want to drop the hard disk off the table in the first place. If you can't think of a good
reason, then don't do it.
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There is /no/ good way to shockproof a normal hard disk against a drop
like this, except perhaps to wrap it in so many layers of bubblewrap that it is the size of a beach ball, and you'll
want to keep it on the floor anyway.
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Told you so.
 
Buy a very thick carpet? Get one of these Japanese tables with
three-inch legs?

Ask yourself /why/ you want to drop the hard disk off the table in the
first place. If you can't think of a good reason, then don't do it.

There is /no/ good way to shockproof a normal hard disk against a drop
like this, except perhaps to wrap it in so many layers of bubblewrap
that it is the size of a beach ball, and you'll want to keep it on the
floor anyway.
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Thats sorta the way they dropped the rovers onto mars years back isnt it? A
huge ball, that bounced on entry and the opened up to allow the rover to roam?

http://marsrover.nasa.gov/spotlight/images/rocknroll-image02_th200.jpg

http://marsrover.nasa.gov/spotlight/images/rocknroll-image03_br.jpg
 
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randall shimizu said:
Looking for a way to Shockproof my external HDD. I was considering
using a sorbothane sheet on the outside. I was also contemplating. I
have also heard of people using polymer bushings for other
applications...?
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Have you considered using an SSD? They're shockproof by their design,
outside of the possibility of cracking the casing and circuitry.

http://iosafe.com/products-rugged-portable-SSD-overview is supposedly
rated for falls of 20', 5,000lbs of crushing force, and/or 30' of water,
and apparently the latest generation is USB 3.0 (despite the web site
only mentioning 2.0)
 
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David Brown said:
Ask yourself /why/ you want to drop the hard disk off the table in the
first place. If you can't think of a good reason, then don't do it.
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Perhaps they're clumsy and after having dropped several drives that
distance in the past, they want a drive that can handle the abuse?
 
GMAN wrote



Not very practical for a hard drive.

It makes more sense to package it properly and put it on the floor right from
the start, where it cant be kicked.
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I know, buts its cool NASA landed the rover in this fashion. Kinda old school.
 
Looking for a way to Shockproof my external HDD. I was considering
using a sorbothane sheet on the outside. I was also contemplating. I
have also heard of people using polymer bushings for other
applications...?
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How about RDX?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDX_Technology

I'm currently looking into a networked RDX drive for a client, who
constantly transfers HUGE (> 100GB) files to and from their remote offices.
Right now they're using external 2.5" USB2 drives formatted to exFAT.
 
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