Can anyone recommend a good RAID 1 enclosure?

[StressedSnowCat]

I'd like one for professional use (Okay two enclosures actually!) with a "tray" system where you can pull the drives out and don't have to take apart the whole enclosure to access the drives. Two drives. I was gonna get a G-Safe but apparently they've been discontinued and aren't available in Europe anymore...

I don't have USB3 on my Mac Mini so I'd need Firewire 800 or Thunderbolt.

Thanks!

 

[StressedSnowCat]

Anyone?

 

[troop231]

Anyone?

Check this one out http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/M3QX2KIT0GB/

 

[StressedSnowCat]

Unfortunately this one has 4 drives and is more complex. In my experience RAID 1 enclosures are less likely to fail over time than enclosures that also support RAID 5. "Simplicity is the highest form of Sophistication" they say!

 

[thedeske]

Unless you have a specific reason for raid 1, why not 2 or more single drives?

That Said, Caldigit

 

[StressedSnowCat]

Uniformity concerns. If I have three RAID 1 enclosures in the event of failure I have one drive to replace. If that drive isn't made anymore I buy two new drives, throw the old ones away and copy the files from another RAID 1 enclosure onto the new drives. This way whatever happens, even if a HD company goes out of business I only ever have to buy two drives at once. If I had a complex RAID 5 installation with say 16 drives and suddenly the brand stops making these drives I'd be in trouble for sure!

Thanks for the Caldigit suggestion, I had never heard of them. Are they as reliable as G-Tech?

 

[cerberusss]

A friend of mine has good experience with a Synology DS-series enclosure. He uses the 5-series (i.e. 5 bays) but they have 2-bay variants as well. He connects to it via Ethernet.

 

[MCAsan]

I like LaCie 2Big. You can set it up for RAID 0, 1, or JBOD. You can get it with different size disks.