Looking for a reliable NAS Solution for my Mac Pro?

I upgraded my Mac Pro to the new one when they first came out. I needed a place to house the hard drives that were in the previous machine. I purchased a NAS enclosure for four hard drives at Micro Center, but the connection often drops, freezes or crashes. I am really worried about this potentially damaging the hard drives in the NAS enclosure.
Can anyone recommend a good, reliable NAS enclosure that will support SATA hard drives up to 3TB each in capacity?
Thanks.

And instead of say a nice reliable Thunderbolt enclosure?
Have a look on http://www.macsales.com/thunderbolt -
they have a good collection or are you in need of something that works on a LAN and makes NAS essential criteria?

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