When reviewing hardware, the best products are sometimes the hardest to write about because there’s not much fodder for criticism. Such is the case with the Zalman ZM-MH200 U3 Dual HDD Docking Station. The ZM-MH200 U3 features two toploading slots for either 2.5- or 3.5-inch hard drives; you can just pop in a drive like bread in a toaster and push the eject button to remove it easily. It has a USB 3.0 interface, and the cable is included. The docking station supports dual mode (the drives in each slot are recognized as two separate drives), JBOD, RAID 0, and RAID 1. Setting the drives to your desired configuration is refreshingly simple: Set the two switches on the back of the unit to one of the four possible combinations and push the reset button.
Then, under Disk Management on your computer, you format the partition(s) accordingly. Done. In terms of supported capacity, the docking station supports up to 6TB (3TB per slot), and it supports hot-swapping and plug and play, so you can switch drives in and out in seconds. To conserve energy, the drives will switch to standby mode after 10 minutes of inactivity, requiring some startup time when they’re re-engaged. When I first picked up the ZMMH200 U3, I was a little concerned that the mostly plastic device would be too flimsy to handle two big 3.5-inch drives, but that proved to be an unfounded fear, as the wide cylindrical base doesn’t wobble one iota. It also has little rubber feet to prevent it from sliding around. There just aren’t any apparent flaws in the ZM-MH200 U3.
Then, under Disk Management on your computer, you format the partition(s) accordingly. Done. In terms of supported capacity, the docking station supports up to 6TB (3TB per slot), and it supports hot-swapping and plug and play, so you can switch drives in and out in seconds. To conserve energy, the drives will switch to standby mode after 10 minutes of inactivity, requiring some startup time when they’re re-engaged. When I first picked up the ZMMH200 U3, I was a little concerned that the mostly plastic device would be too flimsy to handle two big 3.5-inch drives, but that proved to be an unfounded fear, as the wide cylindrical base doesn’t wobble one iota. It also has little rubber feet to prevent it from sliding around. There just aren’t any apparent flaws in the ZM-MH200 U3.
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