My simple solution, for detachable external storage (i.e. it shouldn’t fry from the same power surge, if not cabled up in any way at the time of the electrical havoc . . .)

eSATA USB to SATA External HDD Dock for Dual 2.5 or 3.5in Hard Drive (one of the least expensive options, to reuse some of those older SATA disks lazing about your cube-farm)

This may be a little specific, but for the user who needs potentially more than one or two drives :

Digital Tower Raid enclosures

Some of these models require a port-multiplier eSata / e-sas type port, but usually include at least a software-raid sort of PciE card with the package – check to make sure, or you’ll only get one drive showing up instead of 4 or more . . .

If I were to go with the more expensive option (still relatively affordable, above – compared to a true NAS, etc.) I might consider some of the 1 terabyte or > “Green” SATA drives. This is due to me wanting to have a good backup locally (c.f. Acronis) as well as remotely (expect an article this coming week on more discoveries here). Yes, having been around the corporate world, I tend to back up like an OCD person washes hands – once you’ve been bitten, you understand the data is worth a lot more than the hardware.

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Random security bit : Usb Pin Pad – for a little more security via smartcard access. Useful for both Windows 7 and TrueCrypt / PGP WDE, etc.

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