Preferences for external enclosures?

[Andrew J. Rozsa]

I think my external 1394s overheat and/or are not well made. Too many
failures over the years.

Now that USB2.0 is up to 1394 transfer speed, are there preferences
among users for one, as opposed to the other?

Also, any preferences for external enclosures as to manufacturer or
model? I got an Adaptec enclosure for an old drive at work and it
seems awfully quiet and smooth, but it cost over $50.

Any thoughts?
Best,

Andrew

 

[Rod Speed]

I think my external 1394s overheat and/or are not
well made. Too many failures over the years.

Now that USB2.0 is up to 1394 transfer speed, are there
preferences among users for one, as opposed to the other?

I prefer eSATA, mainly because SMART works with that and doesnt with the others.

Also, any preferences for external enclosures as to manufacturer
or model? I got an Adaptec enclosure for an old drive at work
and it seems awfully quiet and smooth, but it cost over $50.

Yeah, the decent ones arent that cheap.

 

[louise]

I'm using a Rosewill from Newegg - aluminum and although it
has no fan, the heat dissipates pretty well. However, I
never run it for more than an hour or two since I use it as
a backup image drive for Ghost.

I also backup with Retrospect on a nightly basis. I've been
using an external seagate (not enclosed but the full usb
drive). It never gets hot even though I often leave it
running overnight.

Louise

 

[Arno Wagner]

I think my external 1394s overheat and/or are not well made. Too many
failures over the years.

Now that USB2.0 is up to 1394 transfer speed, are there preferences
among users for one, as opposed to the other?

Also, any preferences for external enclosures as to manufacturer or
model? I got an Adaptec enclosure for an old drive at work and it
seems awfully quiet and smooth, but it cost over $50.

Yiu have to spend some money for quality. No way around that.
$50 is not much for a good external enclosure. Just tink
of how much time a failure costs you and how muc money
you could earn in that time....

Arno

 

[Andrew J. Rozsa]

:|Previously Andrew J. Rozsa <[email protected]> wrote:

:|Yiu have to spend some money for quality. No way around that.
:|$50 is not much for a good external enclosure. Just tink
:|of how much time a failure costs you and how muc money
:|you could earn in that time....

The old adage about getting what you pay for is still true. Shoot! I
thought I was so clever getting those "bargains." :-(
Best,

Andrew

 

[Tony]

Yeah, the decent ones arent that cheap.

Out of curiosity I looked at the Adaptec USB 2.0 Hard Drive Enclosure.
I was rather surprised to see that they are fanless? Is this usual for
the external cases?

Thanks.

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

The old adage about getting what you pay for is still true. Shoot!
I thought I was so clever getting those "bargains." :-(

Like Adaptec is in the business of making drive enclosures themselves.
They just resell someone else's at a price premium for having the
Adaptec badge on it. So you don't actually 'get what you pay for'.

 

[Rod Speed]

Tony wrote

Out of curiosity I looked at the Adaptec USB 2.0 Hard
Drive Enclosure. I was rather surprised to see that they
are fanless? Is this usual for the external cases?

Yep, and the main reason they are problematical too.

Non trivial to get a decent drive temp with a fanless enclosure.

 

[Neill Massello]

Out of curiosity I looked at the Adaptec USB 2.0 Hard Drive Enclosure.
I was rather surprised to see that they are fanless? Is this usual for
the external cases?

It's the current fad for single-drive enclosures. The better ones have
ventilation grilles front and back. IMHO, a metal encosure that relies
solely on conduction (no vents) will not provide enough cooling for some
of the hotter 3.5 inch 7200rpm drives (think Seagate) if they are
actively used for more than about 30 minutes at a time.

 

[John Turco]

The old adage about getting what you pay for is still true. Shoot! I
thought I was so clever getting those "bargains." :-(
Best,

Andrew

Hello, Andrew:

You >can< get nice deals, on most anything, provided you use common
sense and refrain from "impulse buying." Do your share of research,
both on and off the 'Net, and scour eBay <http://www.ebay.com>, for
secondhand merchandise.

Gold is where you find it! ;-)


Cordially,
John Turco <jtur@@concentric.net>