7 Sep
2007
7 Sep
'07
12:45
2007/9/7, Carlos E. R.
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The Wednesday 2007-09-05 at 20:31 -0400, Jorge Fábregas wrote:
Thank you guys for your comments/suggestions. I really appreciate it. I think I'll be considering one of these USB IDE disk caddies. I never thought about them.
Yes, I'm starting to use them, too.
There is one concern I have about these: they don't support the full IDE standard, meaning that SMART doesn't work. The drive can't be tested. True, smart doesn't always predict failure, but it helps.
Somebody knows of an external ide-usb box supporting smart (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology)?
- -- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
You'll have to go with an eSATA enclosure.... Regards, Ciro