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expired Posted by jwatson876 • Mar 25, 2025
Mar 25, 2025 5:21 PM
Prime Members: 4-Bay TerraMaster D4-320 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Enclosure (Diskless)
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I have two Sabrent 5-bay enclosures that have individual drive power buttons. I absolutely love that feature, though some hate it because you have to power on the drives individually after a power failure etc.
I'm not running any RAID or anything, nor using them as a file server. They're just direct attached storage that are powered on when needed. If you have a glass case with few drive bays, a good fast USB enclosure is the way to go.
I have a large case (Anidees AI Raider XL) with 12 5.25 external bays and could mount quite a few drives in it, but then you have to deal with the heat in your machine. I have 40TB (3 drives) in the computer and 80TB in the enclosures. The two enclosures allow me to keep backups in the form of old retired drives that have plenty of life left in them and will last indefinitely when powered off. The enclosures have some newer 16TB & 18TB drives, and then 3, 6 and 8TB drives.
If you're investing in storage space make sure you have enough expandability so you don't have to double spend by buying better enclosures etc. I'm replacing my smaller drives with big drives over time. Eventually, this summer, I'll have tons of space, all on new drives that will last me a long, long time.
Sorry that's so long but I wanted give you an idea of what some people do without needing RAID or a file server. I have my old files from way back in the Amiga days (80's). I keep everything. If I download a manual to help someone with a motherboard, I keep it. They'll need help again you know.
Also it does NOT allow for hot swapping as it says. You can disconnected and pull out individual drives but if you put one back in its place you will have to restart the entire unit to get it to remount the drive slot.
Other than that it works well as 4 bay external drive.
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I have two Sabrent 5-bay enclosures that have individual drive power buttons. I absolutely love that feature, though some hate it because you have to power on the drives individually after a power failure etc.
I'm not running any RAID or anything, nor using them as a file server. They're just direct attached storage that are powered on when needed. If you have a glass case with few drive bays, a good fast USB enclosure is the way to go.
I have a large case (Anidees AI Raider XL) with 12 5.25 external bays and could mount quite a few drives in it, but then you have to deal with the heat in your machine. I have 40TB (3 drives) in the computer and 80TB in the enclosures. The two enclosures allow me to keep backups in the form of old retired drives that have plenty of life left in them and will last indefinitely when powered off. The enclosures have some newer 16TB & 18TB drives, and then 3, 6 and 8TB drives.
If you're investing in storage space make sure you have enough expandability so you don't have to double spend by buying better enclosures etc. I'm replacing my smaller drives with big drives over time. Eventually, this summer, I'll have tons of space, all on new drives that will last me a long, long time.
Sorry that's so long but I wanted give you an idea of what some people do without needing RAID or a file server. I have my old files from way back in the Amiga days (80's). I keep everything. If I download a manual to help someone with a motherboard, I keep it. They'll need help again you know.
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The D4-320 supports a single HDD up to 22TB, with a total capacity of 88TB, and is compatible with various hard drives, including 3.5-inch SATA hard drives, 2.5-inch SATA hard drives, and 2.5-inch SATA SSDs.
I have two Sabrent 5-bay enclosures that have individual drive power buttons. I absolutely love that feature, though some hate it because you have to power on the drives individually after a power failure etc.
I'm not running any RAID or anything, nor using them as a file server. They're just direct attached storage that are powered on when needed. If you have a glass case with few drive bays, a good fast USB enclosure is the way to go.
I have a large case (Anidees AI Raider XL) with 12 5.25 external bays and could mount quite a few drives in it, but then you have to deal with the heat in your machine. I have 40TB (3 drives) in the computer and 80TB in the enclosures. The two enclosures allow me to keep backups in the form of old retired drives that have plenty of life left in them and will last indefinitely when powered off. The enclosures have some newer 16TB & 18TB drives, and then 3, 6 and 8TB drives.
If you're investing in storage space make sure you have enough expandability so you don't have to double spend by buying better enclosures etc. I'm replacing my smaller drives with big drives over time. Eventually, this summer, I'll have tons of space, all on new drives that will last me a long, long time.
Sorry that's so long but I wanted give you an idea of what some people do without needing RAID or a file server. I have my old files from way back in the Amiga days (80's). I keep everything. If I download a manual to help someone with a motherboard, I keep it. They'll need help again you know.
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Be sure to configure a shutdown command when battery power is under ___%.
No, you need to configure a host and reconfigure the host when moving it. The host is what drives the RAID.
If you want something a little more robust, look into a JBOD and ZFS. Though keep in mind, you'll want a lot of RAM for ZFS.
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Also it does NOT allow for hot swapping as it says. You can disconnected and pull out individual drives but if you put one back in its place you will have to restart the entire unit to get it to remount the drive slot.
Other than that it works well as 4 bay external drive.
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Yes but you can use storage spaces to Raid them