Experience with 2 bay RAID 1 Enclosures?

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eggz

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My old external HDD is finally full, and I've decided to get something that is still plug and play, but more secure. I decided a two bay enclosure with on-board RAID 1 was the way to go.

After a couple of days spending an hour here or there researching, I've come across these three:

http://oyendigital.com/hard-drives/store/CB3R-S.html
http://www.newertech.com/products/gmax.php
http://www.cooldrives.com/usb2-sata-mini-raid-system-sata-raid.html

Does anyone have any experience with this type of enclosure? Do you know of any better ones? I can't find any reviews/articles on these that I'd fully trust.
 
Old Hippie said:
Did you read the description for the CoolDrive unit......

I'd be passing on that one!

Small Net Builder is where you wanna look for those NAS type units.
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Ahh, that's a legit observation, so yeah, I'll pass on that one. I'm not really looking for a NAS though, that's why none of these units has an ethernet port. I'm pretty much looking for something that's plug-and-play via eSATA, firewire, or USB 2.0, has on-board RAID 1, and is hot-swappable so I have the option/ability to replace a bad drive.
 
I'm pretty much looking for something that's plug-and-play via eSATA, firewire, or USB 2.0, has on-board RAID 1, and is hot-swappable so I have the option/ability to replace a bad drive.
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IC says the blind Old Hippie but with those requirements maybe you otta consider a NAS.:D

BTW...choice #1 is Firewire and USB...no eSATA.
 
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