I recently bought a Linksys NSLU2 NAS unit, so I can add a couple hard drives to my home network. The unit works by attaching external hard drives to it by USB 2.0. I have plenty of single-bay hard drive enclosures, but I want to put both drives in a single enclosure that I can add lots of fans to.
So, does anyone here have an external 2+ bay hard drive enclosure? It doesn't have to have a hard drive interface to it, so it can be SCSI. I plan to add my own bridge boards, hard drives, and quiet fans, but the enclosure does need to have an internal power supply. Basically, I'd like a case similar to the one Dr. Bob used in his terabyte FireWire hard drive hack:
http://vader.inow.com/~drbob/fwcase.html
PM or e-mail me with offers. Thanks!
I'm not finding many decent enclosures out there that aren't either expensive or butt-ugly. Anyone have just the power supply from one? I may end up just building the enclosure from Lexan myself.
What about using an AT or mini-ATX power supply?
Mini-ATX would be a pain to wire correctly. I was thinking of using an AT power supply, but I haven't been able to find a small enough one. A standard-size power supply is too big for the case I plan to build.
Another problem I just discovered is that the bridge boards I have don't support more than one drive each. I don't want to put two bridge boards in there, and I don't like the idea of jamming a USB hub inside the enclosure, so I'm going to have to either 1) find a bridge board that can support two drives, or 2) just buy a premade enclosure with the bridge board and PSU, and then just hack the case to my liking. I wish there was an easier way to do this...