Hello, I’m looking to buy 2 enclosures for 2 WD Blues (8TB). Any good recommendations for some enclosures? Must have built in fan. What enclosures do you use? Also, would 2 be necessary? If not are there any precautions to take while storing the extra HDD without an enclosure? I was thinking it’s probably best to keep them both in separate enclosures instead of buying one and using it for both when needed, this is for long term storage and will mostly be stored away.
I will add that I am not sure that “Blues” are a good idea. Heck, I am not even sure why WD sells them because they are known thought to be inferior drives which are more likely to fail, although that opinion is based only on what I have heard and read… but there is usually a reason one product line is much cheaper then another.
I understand many companies like to provide 2-6 or more quality levels across their product lines allowing them to sell to every type of customer at every price level, even if the products appear similar, often they are not. e.g. Fender guitars will sell us a Strat which cost $199, $399, $799, $1299, $2299, $5999, $10999 and up… and all of them look the same… but…
When it comes to storage drives (where the time value of time spent collecting and storing usually far outweighs paying a bit more for a better quality drive (depending how much one values one’s time)(and data…which one will learn if/when the data is lost due to a crappy drive failing)… I might suggest NOT using Blues… but only time will tell with yours.