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Suggestions on getting started with external hard drive boxes
Somehow, I’ve made it this far without an external hard drive box. I need more storage, and my PC only accomodates three internal drives so I will have to take the plunge. I currently have about 1.3 TB of RAW data.
I’ve looked at the Burlys. To me, they’re expensive, but it looks like they will last a while, maybe through a couple of generations of computers.
Are there any direct competitors to the Burlys for a lower price?
I’m thinking of starting with a two-drive box. That way, I can run RAID 0 in the box, and have my cache drive and OS drive internal to the PC. I would use off-the shelf external drives for backups. I don’t see the point of a larger enclosure unless speed was a major concern, which for me it is not.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
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Stardom SohoRAID SR2 2-bay box: choice of RAID0 or 1, well designed and well made, low noise, health monitoring. $100 for eSATA/USB2.0 and $160 for quad-interface (including FW800).
Personally, I like the design way better than Burly’s.
https://stardom-usa.com/product_detail.php?p_id=26
Alex (DV411)
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Alex-
MacGurus makes a big deal out of using a “Port Multiplier”. I couldn’t find out whether the SohoRAID uses that. Would you happen to know?
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I don’t believe so – I would check with Jon on Stardom forum. Usually port multiplied eSATA is required for “dumb” multi-bay boxes that have no RAID brain. SohoRAID on the other hand does have a built-in RAID controller.
https://forums.creativecow.net/stardom
Alex (DV411)
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