[ale] External disk recommendation

Jeff Hubbs jhubbslist at att.net
Fri May 20 18:23:58 EDT 2016


The Firewire enclosure I have also has USB; I don't know if there are 
any with Firewire and USB 3.0 but I'd expect there are.

On 5/20/16 6:39 AM, Leam Hall wrote:
> The iMac is Mid-2011 running 10.10.5. It may have Firewire but our 
> older Macs and my hand me downs don't, so USB keeps the connect common.
>
> So much for Seagate! Yikes. Glad I asked. Since the $100 is a ballpark 
> and not a hard limit, the WD Red 3TB NAS (WD30EFRX) with an external 
> enclosure with power seems the way to go. Recommendations on 
> enclosures? Not quite into a full NAS yet, a single would do.
>
> The Rosewill RX-358 U3C looks good; hight ratings and I think it meets 
> all the criteria. USB, external power, 3.5" SATA, up to a 4 GB drive. 
> That assumes SATA and eSATA are interchangeable.
>
> I appreciate the assist, by the way! Otherwise I'd probably buy stuff 
> and find out it doesn't work together.
>
> Leam
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