ISO JBOD enclosure for storage

MunkyTOS · Oct 3, 2015

Hey OC'ers,

Haven't posted in a while but am in the market for some sort of dual 3.5" enclosure to hold my hard drives. They'll mostly be used for personal file storage and watching movies from. Any help as far as brands or specific models would be greatly appreciated.

ATMINSIDE · Oct 3, 2015

What interface? USB, Ethernet, eSATA?

MunkyTOS · Oct 5, 2015

Oops I guess that detail would help, I'm interested in USB. Is the difference between 2.0 and 3.0 noticeable when watching movies?

ATMINSIDE · Oct 5, 2015

If you're going to have them running in RAID then you'll benefit from getting one that's USB 3.0.

MunkyTOS · Oct 5, 2015

I'll probably leave them unraided for sake of simplicity and being able to change out. Although I don't require any type of hot swappability.

So, so far we have:

Hard drive enclosure
Usb interface
No raid
2 bays (although 4 is not out of the question if price is good)

ATMINSIDE · Oct 6, 2015

Maybe one of these?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817198061&ignorebbr=1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817707364&ignorebbr=1

MunkyTOS · Oct 6, 2015

They icy dock looks nice but I might opt for a dual bay enclosure given the prices. Any experience with icy dock as a company? Was able to find one by them http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G28M6829 and then one from Orico http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1DS1MB3010.

ATMINSIDE · Oct 6, 2015

No experience with any of those, sorry

MunkyTOS · Oct 7, 2015

No worries, as always your input is greatly appreciated .

ISO JBOD enclosure for storage

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