Few old (vintage) products still survive the passage of time in conditions of at least being filmed/photographed, and even rarer are those that have their functional characteristics preserved. In the world of vintage computing, there have been countless parts/accessories created over the years, and since everything quickly becomes outdated (obsolete), it doesn't take long for them to become parts of electronic waste.
Therefore, it is very rare to see this part that we show in the video below, it is a "Dock" Drawer for HD-IDE used in servers/computers from the 90s/2000s.
Watch the video below and see what this rare but very practical and functional accessory was like for the world of vintage servers. (Portuguese Audio Only)
This rack dock is very rare because today there are practically no more hard drives in the IDE standard, as well as motherboards that currently support the IDE bus are even rarer.
We believe that the IDE dock shown was used in many old servers, since it allows for quick hard drive replacement without opening the equipment (computer). Since servers are usually built into racks, having to remove them from their place, open them and replace a part would be a very costly and time-consuming task, which completely compromises a server's function (being operational to serve 24 hours a day)!
A stopped server is an incalculable loss for certain companies, which is why the urgency of performing corrective maintenance is very important. We don't have time to open the computer, unscrew the entire structure to replace a hard drive! A 10-minute task that should be completed in 1 or 2 minutes at most!
With this, this IDE HD Drawer allowed technicians to replace hard drives in just a few seconds. This is the main function of these devices created for the server world.
A desktop computer would hardly have optimized parts to be replaced, since the target audience for desktops are home users, while the target audience for servers are corporate and more experienced users.
A desktop computer can be stopped for longer for maintenance, while a server should only stop for the shortest possible time, since each second represents a strategic/financial loss for companies!
With that, the entire server market should be focused on practicality and speed when it comes to maintenance.
What impresses us is that this IDE HDD Drawer has an internal fan (disk cooling) and can be easily locked/unlocked by simply pushing/pulling its carrying handle (like a lock).
A very well developed ingenuity.
Although we can use this drawer on any desktop computer, rarely will it be used for the price.
Of course, today there are versions of this drawer with SATA connection, but at the time the IDE was the best thing there was.
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