[ale] SATA PCI card or external USB enclosures?

[Alex Carver]

On 3/4/2013 12:19, Calvin Harrigan wrote:
> On 3/4/2013 3:04 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>> I don't have any experience with PCI cards for this.  For enclosures, I
>> like the Vantec brand.  Quality seems to be good.  Some of them have
>> fans for cooling.
>>
>> Ron
>>
>> On 3/3/2013 2:47 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
>>> Anyone have a suggestion for a good but not too expensive SATA PCI
>>> (not express) card and/or external USB-SATA enclosure?  The enclosure
>>> for my backup drive just died (the drive seems fine...I hope).  I just
>>> need to pop it into a new box or just slip another card into the case
>>> (mobo has only IDE, no SATA).
> +1 for Vantec
> I have several, all several years old, none have failed to date.

I'll take a look at the Vantec units.  I see they have some JBODs in 
addition to single drive boxes.

The box I had was a Bytecc with no fan.  Worked well for about two years 
and then just up and died.  Then again, it may have been damaged by a 
failing Belkin USB hub.  That hub is fully dead now (and gone of course).