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ND4SPD
06-20-2008, 12:12 PM
http://shop2.frys.com/product/5554200
Mike
06-20-2008, 12:14 PM
I've been thinking of getting something like that, and with all those interfaces (especially eSATA), that ain't bad.
fasterthanyours
06-20-2008, 12:38 PM
link is broken...
ND4SPD
06-20-2008, 01:02 PM
Hmm...worked fine earlier. Maybe they ran out of them.

The single drives are pretty cheap now but I don't trust them. I want to get an external enclosure with built in RAID and GigE but can't seem to find a good case at a reasonable cost. Netgear, Lacie, WD all make one but they're $400+ and come with the drives. I'd rather put my own drives into a third party case. Oh well, maybe one of these days someone will make one that's reliable.
fasterthanyours
06-20-2008, 01:51 PM
I bought this a month ago.
Western Digital WD RE2 Internal Hard Drive - 500GB SATA

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Western-Digital-WD-RE2-Internal-Hard-Drive-500GB-WD5001ABYS/sem/rpsm/oid/210915/catOid/-12976/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

and one of these...

Linksys Network Storage System

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Linksys-Network-Storage-System-NAS200/sem/rpsm/oid/193384/catOid/-12976/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

They work pretty good and it's fast.
Mike
06-20-2008, 01:55 PM
The single drives are pretty cheap now but I don't trust them.

I've had a 500GB WD MyBook for well over a year, with 0 issues :yeah:

I bought this a month ago.
Western Digital WD RE2 Internal Hard Drive - 500GB SATA

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Western-Digital-WD-RE2-Internal-Hard-Drive-500GB-WD5001ABYS/sem/rpsm/oid/210915/catOid/-12976/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do


Good drives. I have three in my main PC set up as a RAID5. I wish write performance was better, though...
ND4SPD
06-20-2008, 02:02 PM
I bought this a month ago.
Western Digital WD RE2 Internal Hard Drive - 500GB SATA

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Western-Digital-WD-RE2-Internal-Hard-Drive-500GB-WD5001ABYS/sem/rpsm/oid/210915/catOid/-12976/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

and one of these...

Linksys Network Storage System

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Linksys-Network-Storage-System-NAS200/sem/rpsm/oid/193384/catOid/-12976/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

They work pretty good and it's fast.

That Linksys is not bad, unfortunately it's only 100mb. If it had GigE it'd be perfect.

I'm a big fan of the Seagate Barracuda hard drives. They've been extremely reliable for me. I've got a box full of failed WDs. Maybe their newer stuff has improved, I haven't bought any in 5+ years.
fasterthanyours
06-20-2008, 02:20 PM
That Linksys is not bad, unfortunately it's only 100mb. If it had GigE it'd be perfect.

I'm a big fan of the Seagate Barracuda hard drives. They've been extremely reliable for me. I've got a box full of failed WDs. Maybe their newer stuff has improved, I haven't bought any in 5+ years.

The netgear was the other option. It cost more and only did IDE Drives.