Here is the latest firmware:
https://sabrent.com/community/xen...ost-269862
Scroll to the last post for details. You need to flash the firmware per bay and will need a hard drive in that specific bay to flash the firmware! If you have time to flash one by one, you can define name like per port numbering so it show up properly in device manager! I really want to hard drive sleep timeout feature and looks like this fix it!
For those that got device cannot be flashed due to improper hardware, select that mystery drive and hit safely remove and try again!
expirediconian | Staff posted Mar 29, 2024 06:44 PM
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expirediconian | Staff posted Mar 29, 2024 06:44 PM
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The Mini PCs we normally see listed max out with 2.5Gbps networking. So this would be able to keep up and saturate the pipe. If you needed more bandwidth, having separate direct SATA connections would be needed, likely with some type of external SAS connection.
10 drives is very large, unless you are going for extremely cheap small drives to fill the array. IMO it's better to use larger drives as each drive consumes power to run. UGreen has a Kickstarter going right now that has some really crazy deals for NASes that are supposed to ship in June. You might be more bang for your buck there.
Also, anyone thinking of using this many drives, Go with at least one parity disk, or even better two. The chance of data loss increases as you move to more and more drives. Not caring about movies on a single 10TB drive... fine. Not caring about 180TB, that's going to be a much larger pain to replace everything.
I was checking what level of support it has from Sabrent (zero, they have really gone downhill with firmware updates) and there's a thread about how it doesn't have automatic power recovery to bring the drives back up after power loss.
actually, i am not even sure of the reference? but sabrent is very well known in ssd and pc component business for the last 5-10 years
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I can't even imagine how well a software RAID would work on this, so you definitely wouldn't want to use this for anything that requires heavy redundancy.
If you pair it with any of the mini PCs that get listed here and load it up with those refurbished server drives, it would make a pretty killer Plex server.
again, this has a very narrow use-case that's a little bonkers to me given what we have today. I'd still rather have 10 3.5" drives in a machine that I can manage and utilize an SAS controller...
something tells me that you can't even really micromanage this thing where you'd have 1 set of 3 drives being RAID 0, another 3 independent, and then another 4 drive RAID 0 either.
another thing I can pick on this is how the drive bays are easy to open and can lock. That's great. but then right next to each bay is a power button... so the accidental "oops I popped out a drive I didn't want to pop out" is solved, but then what if you hit a power button on one of these bays?
don't get me wrong, 1999 me thinks this thing is cool - 2024 me thinks this has a limited usage scope - 2025 me says this is basically obsolete _unless_ I have some stock of 3.5" drives sitting in the basement because I have a team of 4k video editors that need a scratch space to process large videos quickly with their USB 3.2 laptop and want to share that
in any case, there's a plethora of better ways to utilize 10 3.5" drives than what this is (for the price it's going for)
again, this has a very narrow use-case that's a little bonkers to me given what we have today. I'd still rather have 10 3.5" drives in a machine that I can manage and utilize an SAS controller...
something tells me that you can't even really micromanage this thing where you'd have 1 set of 3 drives being RAID 0, another 3 independent, and then another 4 drive RAID 0 either.
another thing I can pick on this is how the drive bays are easy to open and can lock. That's great. but then right next to each bay is a power button... so the accidental "oops I popped out a drive I didn't want to pop out" is solved, but then what if you hit a power button on one of these bays?
don't get me wrong, 1999 me thinks this thing is cool - 2024 me thinks this has a limited usage scope - 2025 me says this is basically obsolete _unless_ I have some stock of 3.5" drives sitting in the basement because I have a team of 4k video editors that need a scratch space to process large videos quickly with their USB 3.2 laptop and want to share that
in any case, there's a plethora of better ways to utilize 10 3.5" drives than what this is (for the price it's going for)
It feels like you're just looking for stuff to complain about now. I already said I was gonna do software RAID, and you can do that with one 10 bay enclosure or ten single bay enclosures. It doesn't have to be complicated.
https://support.microso
It feels like you're just looking for stuff to complain about now. I already said I was gonna do software RAID, and you can do that with one 10 bay enclosure or ten single bay enclosures. It doesn't have to be complicated.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-...75ba11f9f2 [microsoft.com]
you need to plug this thing into a machine when you use it, so what's the difference that you take one drive out of a box to plug in vs all 10 at once...
you need to plug this thing into a machine when you use it, so what's the difference that you take one drive out of a box to plug in vs all 10 at once...
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It makes a killer Plex server
This 8 bay and a n300 with usbc. Tiny plex server for about ?$550?
I only use a nas over a das because a das always sit on the same desk I use for my computer (or underneath). It creates sound, heat, and can vibrate due to a heavy gaming situation. So the heat for the nas is in another room and sounds too, and I will never hit it or knock it over. And only touch it during upgrade or problems.
I have 4 bays das. 8 bays das. Old case omv. Old case and disk shelf unraid. Old case ssd trunas. 8 bays synology.
Lol, you know of a used server for under 600 that has 10 3.5 inch drive bays?
This with a USB 3.2 n100 mini pc makes a fantastic NAS, Plex or whatever. Also going to use way less power than any server.
again, this has a very narrow use-case that's a little bonkers to me given what we have today. I'd still rather have 10 3.5" drives in a machine that I can manage and utilize an SAS controller...
something tells me that you can't even really micromanage this thing where you'd have 1 set of 3 drives being RAID 0, another 3 independent, and then another 4 drive RAID 0 either.
another thing I can pick on this is how the drive bays are easy to open and can lock. That's great. but then right next to each bay is a power button... so the accidental "oops I popped out a drive I didn't want to pop out" is solved, but then what if you hit a power button on one of these bays?
don't get me wrong, 1999 me thinks this thing is cool - 2024 me thinks this has a limited usage scope - 2025 me says this is basically obsolete _unless_ I have some stock of 3.5" drives sitting in the basement because I have a team of 4k video editors that need a scratch space to process large videos quickly with their USB 3.2 laptop and want to share that
in any case, there's a plethora of better ways to utilize 10 3.5" drives than what this is (for the price it's going for)
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