How to stack multiple portable hard drives

[hark]

I have several WD My Passport Hard Drives and am trying to figure out how I can stack them to take up less space. My iMac is on a rolling computer table so not a lot of room on its top. Due to the possibility of overheating, I can't just set one portable hard drive on top of another. Does anyone have any idea if anything is made to hold them? I don't even know if there is a name for such a thing. There isn't a lot of room so I need something that won't take up a lot of space.

 

[BF Hammer]

I know of many ways and products to do this to bare 2.5 inch HDDs, but I have not seen this done commercially with stand alone drives in enclosures. Do you plug them in all at once (maybe through a USB hub)? I personally don't see an issue with stacking on each other directly if only 1 at a time is actually being used. All spinning at once, I see the concern over heat.

Here is what I see for bare drives. That is easy to engineer as the 2.5 inch drive is standardized. But the enclosed USB drives have no standard size with each other.

FWIW I have pulled up this website of somebody's home-brewed stacking rack 3D print project.
https://makerworld.com/en/models/1171242-2-5-inch-mobile-hard-drive-stacking-rack#profileId-1179518

This project may have better ventilation. https://makerworld.com/en/models/66...rd-drive-stacking-stand-v2-0#profileId-587460

 

[hark]

Thanks, @BF Hammer. This is helpful. All of mine are the same size since I only use the one brand. Doing a Google search for 2.5-Inch Mobile Hard Drive Stacking Rack brings up some options so at least I have something to search for with that terminology. I had no idea what they are called. I appreciate your input!

 

[hark]

After searching with the wording @BF Hammer mentioned, I'm not sure it will be a good idea to stack them while they are in use. So I might have to find a way to make room for them on this portable computer table somehow.