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May 3rd 05, 02:44 PM
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USB 2.0 enclosure pointers
I am thinking about setting up attached storage with a Linksys NSLU2
storage link and two USB 2.0 drives. I do not have any experience with external drive enclosures and would like to know what features are worth the money, as well as what brands offer the best bang for the buck. Does anyone have any experience with the Linksys NSLU2 link? It appears to have been well reviewed on Tom's hardware and is certainly inexpensive enough. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks Ken K 
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May 3rd 05, 02:59 PM
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Ken K wrote: I am thinking about setting up attached storage with a Linksys NSLU2 storage link and two USB 2.0 drives. I do not have any experience with external drive enclosures and would like to know what features are worth the money, as well as what brands offer the best bang for the buck. Does anyone have any experience with the Linksys NSLU2 link? It appears to have been well reviewed on Tom's hardware and is certainly inexpensive enough. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks Ken K IMO the cheapest external enclosures are not suitable for full time operation due to heat. Those tiny little fans exist just to collect dust and die. You are trusting your data to 3 devices powered by crappy little wall warts. A glitch on any one of them can screw your data. -- a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.
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May 3rd 05, 05:13 PM
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Al Dykes wrote: In article , Ken K wrote: I am thinking about setting up attached storage with a Linksys NSLU2 storage link and two USB 2.0 drives. I do not have any experience with external drive enclosures and would like to know what features are worth the money, as well as what brands offer the best bang for the buck. Does anyone have any experience with the Linksys NSLU2 link? It appears to have been well reviewed on Tom's hardware and is certainly inexpensive enough. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks Ken K IMO the cheapest external enclosures are not suitable for full time operation due to heat. Those tiny little fans exist just to collect dust and die. You are trusting your data to 3 devices powered by crappy little wall warts. A glitch on any one of them can screw your data. Agreed. This is why I prefer the Lacie D2 series drives ("fanless", but with massive case that serves as a heatsink). They are a bit expensive, but it well worth it.
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May 9th 05, 11:39 PM
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Yura Pismerov wrote:
Al Dykes wrote: In article , Ken K wrote: I am thinking about setting up attached storage with a Linksys NSLU2 storage link and two USB 2.0 drives. I do not have any experience with external drive enclosures and would like to know what features are worth the money, as well as what brands offer the best bang for the buck. Does anyone have any experience with the Linksys NSLU2 link? It appears to have been well reviewed on Tom's hardware and is certainly inexpensive enough. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks Ken K IMO the cheapest external enclosures are not suitable for full time operation due to heat. Those tiny little fans exist just to collect dust and die. You are trusting your data to 3 devices powered by crappy little wall warts. A glitch on any one of them can screw your data. Agreed. This is why I prefer the Lacie D2 series drives ("fanless", but with massive case that serves as a heatsink). They are a bit expensive, but it well worth it. The prices are not too bad. Are there other options? Ken K
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May 9th 05, 11:39 PM
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Yura Pismerov wrote:
Al Dykes wrote: In article , Ken K wrote: I am thinking about setting up attached storage with a Linksys NSLU2 storage link and two USB 2.0 drives. I do not have any experience with external drive enclosures and would like to know what features are worth the money, as well as what brands offer the best bang for the buck. Does anyone have any experience with the Linksys NSLU2 link? It appears to have been well reviewed on Tom's hardware and is certainly inexpensive enough. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks Ken K IMO the cheapest external enclosures are not suitable for full time operation due to heat. Those tiny little fans exist just to collect dust and die. You are trusting your data to 3 devices powered by crappy little wall warts. A glitch on any one of them can screw your data. Agreed. This is why I prefer the Lacie D2 series drives ("fanless", but with massive case that serves as a heatsink). They are a bit expensive, but it well worth it. The prices are not too bad. Are there other options? Ken K
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