Very nice external hard drive enclosure...

[wally001]

While looking for a USB external HD enclosure, I stumbled across this:

Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack for 3.5" SATA Hard Drive from Addonics

and ordered one. I am happy to report that this enclosure work just fine with the Dish 722 receiver. This enclosure is unique because it has a door on the front that allows you to hot swap BARE SATA drives! Now you can change 500 GB (or larger) drives almost as quickly as you can put a DVD in a DVD player! I can also report that this enclosure seems to be VERY well made. The enclosure is quite heavy and has a solid feel to it. It also has a cooling fan and door lock. I am VERY impressed with this enclosure. I am currently using a 500GB WD drive, but intend to build a library of bare drives to swap out! Oh, and it's less than $80.

Gary Walborn (wally001)
gwalborn@gmail.com

 

[KAB]

Very nice if you regularly need to access multiple drives. Otherwise, kind of pricey.

 

[David_Levin]

Interesting.
Can you identify the USB interface chip (it's probably burried in the back somewhere) ?

Try moving some shows back and forth.
Also try running the 300x ff for awhile (I've had some boxes lock up doing this).

 

[jlong27]

I use Addonics enclosures in my datacenter at work. They make nice stuff at a great price.

 

[johnmc_76]

Has anyone confirmed if this enclosure works with Dish receivers?

Never mind, I just re-read the original post...duh!