[ale] SATA PCI card or external USB enclosures?

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Calvin Harrigan <charriglists at bellsouth.net> 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.
>

Another PS.  If you use a sata-usb enclosure, you can connect via usb.  No PCI card needed.

Ron


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