? about OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual-Drive USB 2.0 Storage Solution + Powered USB

[aa521490]

Anyone own this external enclosure? Will this external enclosure support 2x 2TB drives in JBOD mode for a total of 4TB? I am wanting to put 1x 2TB drive for time machine and the other 2TB drive for movies and photos. I understand JBOD mode will allow me to read each individual drive seperately on my desktop?
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MEFWU2HAL2/

Or

Should I buy this one instead.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182144

 

[roland.g]

Good stuff. Go with the OWC. I have ordered from them over the years and just ordered two 2TB cases, one quad interface and one USB only. If you want more speed you may want to consider going with the quad interface.

 

[skh]

JBOD = you will see one drive, with a total of 4TB. That drive also supports "2 independent drives" which means you'll see two drives, both at 2tb. Your description/question is kinda confusing.

 

[talmy]

I just looked at the description. It only goes to 3TB (two 1.5TB drives) for JBOD or independent, or 2 1TB drives for RAID. And for "verification", on the page where they sell it with drives, the only mention it as a JBOD solution, up to 3TB. You would be better off with this which would also be significantly faster.

 

[Badger^2]

You could just call OWC, they are really helpful.

Realize that any 2 bay enclosure = fans -- I hate the noise so do single drive cases instead.