Computer people, need hard drive enclosure help
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Computer people, need hard drive enclosure help
I need to add another external hard drive, but the enclosure I have for my other one is no longer made. The reason I got it in the first place was that it had firewire so I could daisychain additional enclosures and it was stackable. I'm running out of space on that drive and my new computer has firewire 800, not 400. I know I could get a 400 to 800 cable, but I want to keep things simple. Anyways, I'm not finding a ton of firewire 800 capable enclosures out there, why is this? Everything seems to be USB 2.0 and eSATA. I really want to keep things daisychain-able and keep my usb ports open.
So, any suggestions on a sub-$50 SATA 3.5" hard drive enclosure with firewire 800? Preferably stackable ones.
Also, I like sticking to enclosures so that if the drive fails I can grab another one and stick it in.
So, any suggestions on a sub-$50 SATA 3.5" hard drive enclosure with firewire 800? Preferably stackable ones.
Also, I like sticking to enclosures so that if the drive fails I can grab another one and stick it in.
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Unfortunately you'll be hard-pressed to find an enclosure with IEEE 1394 B (Firewire 800) for under $50.
~80 w/ ship
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817198006
and some others around that range.
Apple is no longer supporting Firewire and will be moving to USB 3.0 soon. That would be a major factor in current decline in the variety of Firewire 800 External HD's.
I know you mentioned how you enjoy the ease of swapping out drives as needed but have you considered installing them using the SATA interface? That will provide you with the best results and you could even set up a RAID array
Also what type of HD's do you run? (Size, RPM, Cache)
~80 w/ ship
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817198006
and some others around that range.
Apple is no longer supporting Firewire and will be moving to USB 3.0 soon. That would be a major factor in current decline in the variety of Firewire 800 External HD's.
I know you mentioned how you enjoy the ease of swapping out drives as needed but have you considered installing them using the SATA interface? That will provide you with the best results and you could even set up a RAID array
Also what type of HD's do you run? (Size, RPM, Cache)
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Unfortunately you'll be hard-pressed to find an enclosure with IEEE 1394 B (Firewire 800) for under $50.
~80 w/ ship
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817198006
and some others around that range.
Apple is no longer supporting Firewire and will be moving to USB 3.0 soon. That would be a major factor in current decline in the variety of Firewire 800 External HD's.
I know you mentioned how you enjoy the ease of swapping out drives as needed but have you considered installing them using the SATA interface? That will provide you with the best results and you could even set up a RAID array
Also what type of HD's do you run? (Size, RPM, Cache)
~80 w/ ship
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817198006
and some others around that range.
Apple is no longer supporting Firewire and will be moving to USB 3.0 soon. That would be a major factor in current decline in the variety of Firewire 800 External HD's.
I know you mentioned how you enjoy the ease of swapping out drives as needed but have you considered installing them using the SATA interface? That will provide you with the best results and you could even set up a RAID array
Also what type of HD's do you run? (Size, RPM, Cache)
$80 each is doable, just not ideal. I mean at that point, for two of those, I'm almost halfway to that dromo (drobo?) 4 bay enclosure
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Ok I see what you're working with
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7200rpm 32MB cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136534
Enter Code:
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Comes out to $70 with free ship
Enclosure can hold both your drives (the 500 and the TB)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817198031
Has RAID and JBOD support so you can set up the drives however you please.
Costs:
$180-10
Grand Total:
$273.60 (with tax and shipping)
This is just an example I slapped together for you
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7200rpm 32MB cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136534
Enter Code:
MEMORIAL3
Comes out to $70 with free ship
Enclosure can hold both your drives (the 500 and the TB)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817198031
Has RAID and JBOD support so you can set up the drives however you please.
Costs:
$180-10
Grand Total:
$273.60 (with tax and shipping)
This is just an example I slapped together for you
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Ok I see what you're working with
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7200rpm 32MB cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136534
Enter Code:
MEMORIAL3
Comes out to $70 with free ship
Enclosure can hold both your drives (the 500 and the TB)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817198031
Has RAID and JBOD support so you can set up the drives however you please.
Costs:
$180-10
Grand Total:
$273.60 (with tax and shipping)
This is just an example I slapped together for you
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7200rpm 32MB cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136534
Enter Code:
MEMORIAL3
Comes out to $70 with free ship
Enclosure can hold both your drives (the 500 and the TB)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817198031
Has RAID and JBOD support so you can set up the drives however you please.
Costs:
$180-10
Grand Total:
$273.60 (with tax and shipping)
This is just an example I slapped together for you
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