Thanks for the info. It would be great if you could give a follow-up report after a week or two. For others who might be unclear about how to connect an external eSATA drive, this appears to be the most reliable sequence: Disconnect power to HR21 (or HR20) Connect eSATA drive to the HR...

FWIW... We know that FreeAgent Pro's don't work with HR21's. Seagate is just now coming out with a new line of externals, the FreeAgent Xtreme. They now have a link up. Because of my low post count, I am prevented from linking to it here. If I could llink to it, the link would look...

I have an HR21 and am hoping to get an affordable RAID box working with it. Going by what others say can be confusing because posters don't always specify whether they're working with an HR20 or an HR21. Here's what I've gathered so far: As best I can tell, those who reported success...