Hot Swappable drive case

I am doing a little upgrade to help me with backing up my computer etc.
When I was building my computer Baz Studio North suggested I consider this hot swappable drive thingie:
SUPERMICRO CSE-M35T-1B Black 5 Bay Hot-Swapable SATA HDD Enclosure
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121405&cm_re=supermicro-_-17-121- 405-_-Product
I have one OS drive and 4 - 1TB drives in my raid.
Is that Micro Hot swappable still a good choice, or are there others.
I will be buying 2 additional 1 TB drives for backup and still, for now keep my raid as four 1 TB drives.
Thanks
Rowby

Hi,
Rowby
I have been using the Chembro Enclosures for a while Now, Very easy to install, keeps the HD's at low temps.
Since I am using 4 enclosures the fan sound was way to loud for me, so I replaced the fans for quite ones. With one enclosure the fan sound might not be to bad.
Also the sata connectors on the rear of the case look a lot better insulated than the supermicro.
Baz

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