[ale] USB disk enclosures?

[Raj Wurttemberg]

I know USB enclosures are cheap but aside from cost... Would an inexpensive
maybe... 2-bay NAS (QNAP, Synology, etc...) be a viable option? I've been
installing the QNAP 2-bay TS-253A for some SMBs and they have been loving
them! They do nightly snapshot backups and I'm using the Real Time Remote
Replication (RTRR) feature for DR backups to my larger QNAP.  It's a
completely automated process.  I check on the backups and RTRR backup jobs
every now any then but that's about it.

/Raj

-----Original Message-----
From: Ale [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Leam Hall via Ale
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 5:00 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Subject: [ale] USB disk enclosures?

I've bought a couple Rosewill enclosures and usually things have gone okay.
Then one came with a noisy fan. I contacted Rosewill and offered to make it
easy, I'd replace the fan myself. Eventually they sent me a replacement fan
that didn't work at all. Contacted them again and they said send them the
enclosure, they'd look at it for 2-5 days, and if it was their fault send me
another.

Of course that means backups to that drive would be unavailable for 2-3
weeks. If their Customer Support had been supportive I'd stick with them. It
felt like they wanted me to be glad they answered the e-mails within a
couple days.

So I find myself looking for a new enclosure brand. Any suggestions? I need
something that can handle the 4-8 TB range WD Red 3.5 inch disks.

Leam
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