On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Eric D. Mudama <edmud...@bounceswoosh.org>wrote:
> 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 > > > -- > Eric D. Mudama > edmud...@mail.bounceswoosh.org > At that price, for the 5-in-3 at least, I'd go with supermicro. For $20 more, you get what appears to be a far more solid enclosure. --Tim > >
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