Looking for External HDD

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:29:25 GMT, "Mike" wrote:

Do you like the ADS enclosures?

... so have resorted to purchasing bare drives of my choice (ie, fluid
bearing drives by Western Digital or Seagate) and putting them in ADS
Dual Link (both USB2 and 1394/firewire) enclosures for 3.5" and 2.5"
drives.

These enclosures have been superb, I have 9 so far with no problems.
Unlike many other enclosures, they have a small fan to help keep the
drive/power supply cool. But, they aren't cheap:
http://shopper.cnet.com/Dual_Link_Ex...y=210&sort=asc

Exactly my experience, both with broken externals...and ADS enclosures.
-Mark


As stated heat is a killer and fans are your friend. I've been all
over in the past with so called "engeneered" housings that didn't get
rid of enough heat and I ended up putting em in front of a small
window fan. I now use one of the 4 and 2 bay unit on this page:
http://www.cooldrives.com/firen.html Pricey but no problems. I will
say I only use em for storage for a short period of time and shut them
off till needed again. On occasion I've left em on for days with no
harm done. I just like to shut off things if not being used.

"Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in message
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Mike wrote:
Good advice. I believe keeping an external device, that contains
back up files, plugged in
offers only a false sense of security. Will check out the Feeecom
drive.
Mike

I second that advice. I've got three double redundancy and unpluugged
drives off-site.


-Still beats the living heck out of CD-R or DVD back-ups!

I do both.

As long as it's connected to the pc it's not a secure back up.

Mike

"Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in message
news:NvwKf.24$Uc2.22@fed1read04...
Mike wrote:
Good advice. I believe keeping an external device, that contains
back up files, plugged in
offers only a false sense of security. Will check out the Feeecom
drive.
Mike

I second that advice. I've got three double redundancy and unpluugged
drives off-site.


-Still beats the living heck out of CD-R or DVD back-ups!

Mike wrote:
As long as it's connected to the pc it's not a secure back up.

Mike

-Guess you missed the word "unplugged"??




"Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in message
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Mike wrote:
Good advice. I believe keeping an external device, that contains
back up files, plugged in
offers only a false sense of security. Will check out the Feeecom
drive.
Mike

I second that advice. I've got three double redundancy and
unpluugged drives off-site.


-Still beats the living heck out of CD-R or DVD back-ups!

Didn't miss anything I'm agreeing w/ you.

Mike

"Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in message
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Mike wrote:
As long as it's connected to the pc it's not a secure back up.

Mike

-Guess you missed the word "unplugged"??




"Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in message
news:NvwKf.24$Uc2.22@fed1read04...
Mike wrote:
Good advice. I believe keeping an external device, that contains
back up files, plugged in
offers only a false sense of security. Will check out the Feeecom
drive.
Mike

I second that advice. I've got three double redundancy and
unpluugged drives off-site.


-Still beats the living heck out of CD-R or DVD back-ups!

Mike wrote:
Didn't miss anything I'm agreeing w/ you.

Ah.



Mike

"Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in message
news:in9Lf.963$Uc2.374@fed1read04...
Mike wrote:
As long as it's connected to the pc it's not a secure back up.

Mike

-Guess you missed the word "unplugged"??




"Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in
message news:NvwKf.24$Uc2.22@fed1read04...
Mike wrote:
Good advice. I believe keeping an external device, that contains
back up files, plugged in
offers only a false sense of security. Will check out the Feeecom
drive.
Mike

I second that advice. I've got three double redundancy and
unpluugged drives off-site.


-Still beats the living heck out of CD-R or DVD back-ups!