On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, 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.

I hadn't thought of that approach. I'll check it out.

Thanks.

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