King of Heroes
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I'm looking for a good 2 maybe 3 bay IDE hard drive enclosure with built-in gigabit Ethernet so I can use it as a backup NAS device.
I was going to build a server using old parts for this, but that never came together due to faulty hardware. Right now, I'm using a Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB external over USB, but its really flaky and I don't trust it for backups anymore (mainly, the darn thing won't shut off even when I shut down my system. I have to physically unplug the power just to get it to spin down and turn off).
I have an 80, 120, and 160 gig IDE drive to use for this, so, along with the above requirements, I'd like it support JBOD. I found a few on Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...123+1054107130+1054213783&name=USB+&+Ethernet
But I don't really recognize any of those brandnames, so I don't know whose reliable or not.
EDIT:
Also....how easy is it to get the hard drive out of a Seagate external? If its easy to do, I'd like to yank out the 750 gig in that and add it to this (assuming its IDE as well). If I can't find a 4-bay enclosure, I'll just replace the 80gig with it.
I was going to build a server using old parts for this, but that never came together due to faulty hardware. Right now, I'm using a Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB external over USB, but its really flaky and I don't trust it for backups anymore (mainly, the darn thing won't shut off even when I shut down my system. I have to physically unplug the power just to get it to spin down and turn off).
I have an 80, 120, and 160 gig IDE drive to use for this, so, along with the above requirements, I'd like it support JBOD. I found a few on Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...123+1054107130+1054213783&name=USB+&+Ethernet
But I don't really recognize any of those brandnames, so I don't know whose reliable or not.
EDIT:
Also....how easy is it to get the hard drive out of a Seagate external? If its easy to do, I'd like to yank out the 750 gig in that and add it to this (assuming its IDE as well). If I can't find a 4-bay enclosure, I'll just replace the 80gig with it.