[TriLUG] [OT] External disk storage

[William Sutton]

Thanks!

-- 
William Sutton


On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, William Sutton wrote:
> 
> > A friend of mine is looking for some external hard disk 
> > units (nothing as big as a snap server or nas, just a disk 
> > in an external enclosure).  What brands/models do you 
> > trust & reccommend?
> 
> This comes up a couple of times a year here.
> 
> I use the ME-720U2F firewire/usb enclosure, which I got 
> through Dealsonic for about $40 (I have two and they take 
> disks upto 400GBytes). The two halves of the unit snap 
> together. With some judicious screwdriver-fu and remembering 
> how they snap together, you can non-destructively separate 
> the two halves to change disks (like when you need a bigger 
> one). I leave one open to install files on a 2.5" disk for 
> laptops (you'll need a 3.5" to 2.5" IDE adapter as well).
> 
> Be aware that you can't use smartmontools through a USB link 
> (it doesn't support the neccessary scsi commands).
> 
> Other people here have said that they're happy with an 
> enclosure from Intrex.
> 
> Joe
> 
>