I&#39;ve been eyeing this setup:<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>2x&nbsp;<a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Seagate/ST3500320AS/">http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Seagate/ST3500320AS/</a></div><div>1x&nbsp;<a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MEFW912AL2/">http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MEFW912AL2/</a></div>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>The enclosure firmware can be configured to that the drives are spanned, or mount separately. &nbsp;I&#39;m thinking I&#39;d have them mount separately and let OS X manage mirroring across them.&nbsp;</div>
<div><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/27/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Zane H. Healy</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:healyzh@aracnet.com">healyzh@aracnet.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I&#39;m curious if anyone has any comments about the reliability of<br> external HD&#39;s, especially the Lacie, and Western Digital models.&nbsp;&nbsp;I<br> really need a couple external drives for photo vaults, and am trying<br> to decide if I should buy something, or build something.<br>
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