Q: After much searching, I am annoyed at the choices for external drive enclosures. Im at a point with my gear, I would like a pair of external RAID arrays that I can move, because my things are already filled with drives.
It seems that the external things that support RAID too much cost, as hundreds bucks, versus $ 40 for the30-a single disc case. Simply have different markets.
Is a cheaper way to an external array that I can not be seen? I heard just a cable connected to an external SCSI array, but that has the price watch. Is it possible to connect two drives via firewire as a portable raid?
Sorry, just a little frustrated.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Firewire 800 (1394b) / RAID 0, really lets HDs breathe (http://www.barefeats.com/hard51.html)
Gotta love why they don't test the FW800 drives on multiple channels 
Re:Firewire 800 (1394b) / RAID 0, really lets HDs breathe (http://www.barefeats.com/hard51.html)
Re:you should look into NAS, that way, you don't have to move things around.
Re:If you're just doing RAID 1 or 0, software stuff would be fine.
Re:I know firewire raid is possible on a mac never looked into it on the pc side though
Might be easier for you to get a SATA raid card with external connections and some eSATA cases
Re:Software raid like netgear sc101 is 99 bucks but slow as hell..
I got the thecus nas unit.. it supports raid 1, what you're talking about requires an processor, so it'll look more like a NAS than a external drive enclosure.
Cheap way.. probably not..
I have an external scsi enclosure that has 0 raid capability.. raid is on the controller..
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