SOLVED External drive enclosure - heavy duty

[Arwen]

I've found the only high quality, external enclosure that has the connections I need, (eSATA & USB3). It's expensive, quite heavy, but seems like a solid device that would last 5 to 10 years. Here is a link;

Cru-dataport LLC Rtx110-3q, All-Metal 1-Bay Trayfree Drive Enclosure, USB3/eSATA/FW800

So far, it's been working great. Even when I had an emergency restore. My Media server does not have redundancy on the Media, (it's 1.7TBs). This is why I like ZFS. It found 3 files with errors, and I was able to restore them from backups. This allows me to have confidence that no-redundancy Media, with multiple backups, is a good solution for me.

My laptops and Media server only have USB3 ports. My new desktop & FreeNAS have eSATA ports. So I wanted a device with both.

I can recommend it, with the caveat being that it's HEAVY & Expensive.

 

[CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet]

Here's a link to the manufacturer's page which has more details - https://www.cru-inc.com/products/rtx/rtx110-3q/