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Subject: Re: backup solution for home FreeBSD server
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Roland Smith wrote:
>>> 	http://www.addonics.com/products/Saturn/aeschd.asp
>>>  
>>>       
>> Yep, this looks interesting. However, can you say if there is any 
>> significant advantage of this Saturn enclosures over "standard" ones, 
>> besides the cyphering feature?
>>     
>
> If you want encryption, you can use geli(8). This encrypts the raw disk
> with AES. I'm using it with my USB backup disk.
>   

Yes, I'm aware of that. I guess my question was: why did you refer to 
this particular enclosure? Or you just happen to have this one and this 
is the reason?

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