wanted: advice on external hard drive enclosures

[Michael Richmond <richmond@stupendous.cis.rit.edu>]

  I'm in the middle of processing a bunch of Mark IV data right now.
In a few days, I'll have many gigabytes of data.  I plan to make
backups of it, _and_ keep it spinning and accessible to me (and
others, eventually).

  I have a pair of big SATA drives, but my desktop's bays are
full.  So, I was thinking of purchasing external enclosure(s)
for the drives.  In an ideal world, I'd prefer the enclosures
to provide USB 2.0 and Firewire interfaces, but I guess I'd
take just one of the choices if necessary.  

  Can anyone provide advice or opinions, pro or con, for any
particular manufacturer or models?  My primary criterion is
reliability, not speed.

                                    Michael