Drive Enclosure - Controller

[bob at rsi.com (Bob Gorman)]

>> >Call me boring but this catches my fancy more....  http://mashie.org/casemods/udat1.html
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>> I like the drive enclosure. So a quick look at newegg.com reveals some reasonably priced ones from SuperMicro, a 4-bay and a 5-bay.
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>>   http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-121-402
>>   http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-121-404
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>> Anyone have experience or opinions on these or similar low priced products?
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>> I already know of the Adaptec, 3ware, and Promise versions.
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>        I've been idly looking for a reasonable cheap many-port SATA card for a while.

Continuing with newegg.com, Promise offers this 4 port card with NCQ/TCQ support:

  http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=16-102-042

Also, newer motherboards are offering 4 SATA connections.