On Sat, Apr 10 at 7:22, Daniel Carosone wrote:
On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 10:21:08AM -0700, Eric Andersen wrote:
If I could find a reasonable backup method that avoided external
enclosures altogether, I would take that route.
I'm tending to like bare drives.
If you have the chassis space, there are 5-in-3 bays that don't need
extra drive carriers, they just slot a bare 3.5" drive. For e.g.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817994077
I have a few of the 3-in-2 versions of that same enclosure from the
same manufacturer, and they installed in about 2 minutes in my tower
case.
The 5-in-3 doesn't have grooves in the sides like their 3-in-2 does,
so some cases may not accept the 5-in-3 if your case has tabs to
support devices like DVD drives in the 5.25" slots.
The grooves are clearly visible in this picture:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817994075
The doors are a bit "light" perhaps, but it works just fine for my
needs and holds drives securely. The small fans are a bit noisy, but
since the box lives in the basement I don't really care.
--eric
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Eric D. Mudama
edmud...@mail.bounceswoosh.org
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