Hard drive enclosure recommendations please..

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After having delved into NAS and undelved again, I have 2x2TB drives that I want to utilise for storage to take over from a 500GB MyBook and a 1tb WD external drive!
Problem is, I can't find any decent 2 bay ( or even 1 bay) drive enclosures that support 2tb sata drives.
Can anyone recommend one? I don't mind having 2 enclosures, but they must work with an iMac.
Allan
 
I have a 2tb in a mybook
 
Is the my book an empty enclosure or does it come with the hard drive? I have the drives, I just want the box.
I looked at Icy Box. Couldn't find one that supported 2TB drives. I've seen a dual bay Icy Box but it doesn't get good reviews.
I' m looking for a good quality enclosure that someone uses and can can recommend
Allan
 
allanm said:
Is the my book an empty enclosure or does it come with the hard drive? I have the drives, I just want the box.
I looked at Icy Box. Couldn't find one that supported 2TB drives. I've seen a dual bay Icy Box but it doesn't get good reviews.
I' m looking for a good quality enclosure that someone uses and can can recommend
Allan
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I've got one with 2tb drives and had no issues. I'd recommend them to anyone
 
neil_g said:
I've got one with 2tb drives and had no issues. I'd recommend them to anyone
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That sounds promising. What models are they?
Allan
 
allanm said:
That sounds promising. What models are they?
Allan
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Sorry was posting from my iPhone and didn't know it earlier, I've got the usb2 Icy Box IB-RD4320StUS2 and it's got 2 2tb Samsung drives in it (mine are in raid0 giving 3.6tb roughly).

They do a usb3 version too and I think esata.
 
Looks good but a bit pricey for just an enclosure.
I have a better idea whats out there now and am not desperate to get one yet so can keep looking around for the best deal.
Thanks for your help Neil
Allan
 
I bought the My Book as a 1TB some time ago and fitted a 2TB about 1 year ago and never had any issues.
 
admirable said:
I bought the My Book as a 1TB some time ago and fitted a 2TB about 1 year ago and never had any issues.
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Now, thats an idea. I have an old My Book that had a ( now dead) 500gb drive in it. I was looking for a replacement drive but never got round to fitting one. I wonder if one of my 2TB drives will fit......
Allan
 
External drives all have standard drives in....if I've ever retired an external disk I always dismantle the enclosure, bin the disc and stick a new one in. Assuming it's not really old (IDE) it should work OK.
 
Drive fitted and working fine. Thanks for the info everyone

Allan
 
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