I'll add my $.02 here.

If you go this route, try for something that has a standard power  
supply.  I recently had an external enclosure's psu crap out (was  
making hissing noises then just died).  Unfortunately I couldnt run  
down to frys to get one, the thing runs 12vdc and 5vdc from the psu,  
which puts a crimp in getting on anywhere convenient.

On Jul 8, 2008, at 9:42 AM, David Bendit wrote:

> Honestly, I'd recommend an external enclosure. The price of one of  
> those plus a single HDD may outweigh the cost of an all-in-one  
> external drive, but once you start using multiple HDDs with it  
> (labeled properly, of course), it goes down in cost significantly.  
> The AMS Venus line [0] is particularly good from my own experience,  
> and they offer models with IDE or SATA, USB or Firewire or eSATA,  
> and combinations of the aforementioned. Considering the sizes of the  
> drives, they are externally-powered, but you get the benefit of a  
> fan that moves air over the drives to prolong their lives. Highly  
> recommended.
>
> -David
>
> [0] http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=50001671+40000092&Manufactory=1671&SubCategory=92&SpeTabStoreType=0
>
> Robert Holtzman wrote:
>> On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Bear wrote:
>>> Did you mean 3+Tb?
>>> If you really meant 3+Gb then pretty much any external enclosure
>>> supporting mirroring should be fine and give you 100x the space.
>>> did you mean reliable or durable?
>> Sorry,typo. I meant 300+Gb. Also, I meant reliable, as in decent  
>> quality without a lousy record of failures. This is to use for  
>> backup medium.
>
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