[JakBeatZ]

So I've been researching RAID enclusures and I've pretty much decided on the Wiebetech RT8-0-SATA. It's got the least of many evils, including:

Internal Power Supply
FW800
SATA-300
Fans
Hardware RAID 1

I still have a couple unanswered questions about it. Maybe someone here has some insight:

1) Does the unit to online rebuilds or only offline rebuilds?
2) If one drive dies or is pulled while the system is functioning, does the unit still operate normally
3) How loud is this thing?

Lastly, if anyone has some suggestions about other enclosures that I'm missing, I'd welcome some links. The other one I've looked at is the CalDigit FirewireVR, but the only thing stopping me from getting that is the external power brick, otherwise I would have picked it up in a heardbeat. It's dead sexy!

My criteria is:

- Dual bay
- Hot Swappable Bays
- Hardware RAID 1
- SATA-300
- 750GB Drive Support
- Internal power supply
- Fans
- QUIET!
- FW input (Firewire 800 at least, if not Firewire 400 as well)
- Online rebuilds
- Operation in failed state (drive yanked while online or failed drive)

[Timo]

JakBeatZ

Did you ever end up buying this unit?

[OreoCookie]

I'm a little confused as to what WiebeTech product you are referring to: there is no RT8, there is an RT5(e) and the ProSATA SS8 which are 5- and 8-bay enclosures, respectively.

Probably you are referring to either the SilverSATA II SR or the RAIDTech 800 which are both two-bay enclosures.

Some members have bought the RT5 and are very happy with it. Perhaps this older thread is also of interest to you.
Those big RAIDs are neither cheap nor silent. Wiebetech has a reputation for building quality hardware.