Re: USB drive enclosures with spin down

On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 01:25:10PM -0600, Bruce Guenter wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 12:01:32PM -0600, Dylan Griffiths wrote:
> > Well, my Mac seems to know what voodoo to send to my Vantec Nextar 3 to
> > spin it down when I umount the drive from the desktop.
>
> Well, that would seem to indicate it is at least possible with that
> enclosure. Thanks.

FWIW I went back to OTV, and they recommended the CoolerMaster X-Craft
enclosure (the one with the built in 2-port hub). It does in fact spin
down, and also runs over 50% faster than the cheaper one (better than
30MB/sec compared to 20MB/sec max).

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Bruce Guenter <bruce_at_untroubled.org>                http://untroubled.org/