Suggest external enclosures

[timswim78]

I am looking for two types of external enclosures for different purposes. I would appreciate any links or suggestions.

Type 1. - Holds two hard drives. ATA or SATA is fine. USB or FireWire is fine. Should look decent. RAID would be nice, but it is not necessary.

Type 2. - I'm not sure what these types of cases are called. Someone posted a link to them before, and I bookmarked and later erased the bookmark. They look like miniature PC cases and have PC-like power supplies. They can hold both optical disks (5.25"), hard disks (3.5"). I believe that they were standard ATA connections inside with firewire connectors. I do not think that they were NAS boxes, but maybe they were.

 

[plux79]

I have this http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MEFW924AL2K/

It has everything you specified.

 

[SDDave2007]

The enclosures mentioned above have an external power supply as do these :

MiniG by TransIntl...

The MiniG comes in 1 , 2 and 4 drive size both with and without drives

 

[LMO]

VANTEC NST-530U2 Aluminum 5.25" USB 2.0 External Enclosure

PPA ME-380U2FL-X 2230 Aluminum 5.25" USB2.0(type B), Firewire IEEE1394 Silver External Case With Light Bar

 

[timswim78]

I have this http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MEFW924AL2K/

It has everything you specified.

This helps for number one. Thank you.

Number 2. These cases look like short versions of "beige pc cases." Any ideas?

 

[MikeTheC]

Take a look at CoolDrives.com. They've got some really superior-looking enclosures.

 

[timswim78]

Take a look at CoolDrives.com. They've got some really superior-looking enclosures.

Thank you! This is a perfect example of what I was referring to as number 2.