Posted April 23, 2017 I was wondering if anyone had tips/tricks/ideas for how to safely store large numbers of loose hard drives. I've got over 100 loose drives, which currently are just each in anti-static bags and then stacked in a few huge cardboard boxes. This surely isn't the best way to store them. Before anyone asks, the bulk of the drives are either spares for RAID arrays, with the rest being just random extra drives, old ones, or dead ones that I haven't gotten around to destroying properly. "VictoryGin" Case: Define R6-S, Black | PSU: Corsair RM1000x, Custom CableMod Cables | Mobo: Asus ROG Zenith Extreme X399 | CPU: Threadripper 1950X | Cooling: Enermax Liqtech TR4 360mm AIO with Noctua NF-F12's | RAM: 64GB (8x8GB) G.SKILL Flare X DDR4-2400 | GPUs: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition; NVIDIA Quadro P400 | Storage: 3x Intel 760p 128GB NVMe RAID-0 | I/O Cards: Blackmagic Intensity Pro, Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro EN 40GbE NIC, StarTech FireWire, StarTech Serial/Parallel | Monitors: 3x 30” First Semi F301GD @ 2560x1600, 60Hz; 50" Avera 49EQX20 @ 3840x2160, 60 Hz | Keyboard: Black/Gray Unicomp Classic | Mouse: Logitech MX Master 2S | OS: Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 23, 2017 Well, that's basically as space-efficient as it gets, so I don't think there's a better way. It's how they're shipped in bulk, so if there was a better option, drive manufacturers would have figured it out. QUOTE/TAG ME WHEN REPLYING Spend As Much Time Writing Your Question As You Want Me To Spend Responding To It. If I'm wrong, please point it out. I'm always learning & I won't bite. Desktop: Delidded Core i7 4770K - GTX 1070 ROG Strix - 16GB DDR3 - Lots of RGB lights I never change Laptop: HP Spectre X360 - i7 8560U - MX150 - 2TB SSD - 16GB DDR4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 23, 2017 Author 9 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said: Well, that's basically as space-efficient as it gets, so I don't think there's a better way. It's how they're shipped in bulk, so if there was a better option, drive manufacturers would have figured it out. OK, I guess I'll keep doing this then. Thanks! "VictoryGin" Case: Define R6-S, Black | PSU: Corsair RM1000x, Custom CableMod Cables | Mobo: Asus ROG Zenith Extreme X399 | CPU: Threadripper 1950X | Cooling: Enermax Liqtech TR4 360mm AIO with Noctua NF-F12's | RAM: 64GB (8x8GB) G.SKILL Flare X DDR4-2400 | GPUs: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition; NVIDIA Quadro P400 | Storage: 3x Intel 760p 128GB NVMe RAID-0 | I/O Cards: Blackmagic Intensity Pro, Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro EN 40GbE NIC, StarTech FireWire, StarTech Serial/Parallel | Monitors: 3x 30” First Semi F301GD @ 2560x1600, 60Hz; 50" Avera 49EQX20 @ 3840x2160, 60 Hz | Keyboard: Black/Gray Unicomp Classic | Mouse: Logitech MX Master 2S | OS: Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 23, 2017 Not much more you could do about it. Maybe, if you really want to, you could use some protective foam between the hard drives and under them. For example: https://www.digikey.com/products/en/hardware-fasteners-accessories/foam/587 You could use different colors to differentiate between brands, if new or used, etc. Maybe for long term instead of cardboard boxes you could look into plastic boxes or metal .. Ikea has some cheap plastic boxes, stackable, with lids etc for example these 12 gallon boxes would probably be good to put the drives vertically in their bags : http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S49871676/#/S09850874 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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