Best Raid 1 Enclosure on the market?

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I'm looking for a external enclosures 2-4 bay for 3.5 in hard drives. I'm looking to run two or more 4tb WD Red in it. I'm looking for a very well built enclosure but I am NOT looking for a nas, I prefer the USB 3.0 connection. Will be using this with my windows computers. Any suggestions?
 
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I understand what you mean. The encryption is there for security reasons and having a DAS (or NAS for that matter) with a huge storage capacity does not excuse having a backup of the data you are storing (even if you are running RAID 1, which gives you only redundancy and it's not really a backup). Otherwise it's a simple storage option which is almost as vulnerable as any other storage solution.

However, I can see your point so hopefully you find something suitable for your needs. :)
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Hey there.

If a 2-bay external enclosure will be sufficient you can check out the WD My Book Duo. However this model is not sold without drives so if you already got yours, it won't be a really good suggestion. On the other hand, since you want to run your RAID enclosure with WD Reds, My Book Duo comes with WD Red drives inside, with overall capacities of 4TB to 16TB. You can check out its features and specs here: My Book Duo.

Please let me know if you have any questions.
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Thanks for your suggestion, however I have already taken the WD Book Duo into account. Realistically this was my first choice as it fits my needs perfect. However, WD's hardware encryption(linked) deters me away from this product, for that matter, it deters me from all other products as well. It is concerning that if the enclosure fails, which is a common thing, I am unable to simply bring out the drives and place them into a new enclosure.


 
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I understand what you mean. The encryption is there for security reasons and having a DAS (or NAS for that matter) with a huge storage capacity does not excuse having a backup of the data you are storing (even if you are running RAID 1, which gives you only redundancy and it's not really a backup). Otherwise it's a simple storage option which is almost as vulnerable as any other storage solution.

However, I can see your point so hopefully you find something suitable for your needs. :)
 
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