PC overclockers/tinkerers...I have a question...

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by digger

Looking at this:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002UUPWP6/...I34ZCVY94GKOZV

• Support all 3.5" SATA I/II/III hard disk drives up to 4TB per drive
• Transfer rate up to 480Mbps via USB 2.0, 3.0Gbps via eSATA
• Power off in synchronization with PC
• Switch USB 2.0 or eSATA interface by pressing one button
• Smart Fan function with built-in Thermal-Sensor, auto & manual modes, and 3 speed levels

Thoughts?

Looks interesting but why not just step up to a real NAS? If all need is USB-attached storage, buy a single drive enclosure for $20 and use a bigger drive if you need it.

[digger]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Looks interesting but why not just step up to a real NAS? If all need is USB-attached storage, buy a single drive enclosure for $20 and use a bigger drive if you need it.

This is $89, any good NAS is twice that. I have several old HD already in enclosures, but the power supplies suck and die. Plus I have a mix of IDE and SATA.

I have 6 of these, only 2 still work, they are connected to the ubs on my router.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by digger

This is $89, any good NAS is twice that. I have several old HD already in enclosures, but the power supplies suck and die. Plus I have a mix of IDE and SATA.

I have 6 of these, only 2 still work, they are connected to the ubs on my router.

Yeah, if you're using USB on your router, then using JBOD makes some sense since the router is providing the NAS front end.

Then again, read/write speeds on my Buffalo NAS are about 10x the read/write speeds of the USB ports on a high-end router.

EDIT: I would still consider getting a single HDD enclosure vs. that. My Masscool has lasted 5 years and cost $19.99. I haven't heard of the brand you posted there.

[Ragged Robin]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Then again, read/write speeds on my Buffalo NAS are about 10x the read/write speeds of the USB ports on a high-end router.

Doubt it. Unless you're pushing 10GbE.. Routers these days have USB 3.0 or eSATA which are far superior to 1GbE (though it's apples and oranges in terms of functionality, DAS is nice as a storage extension to your PC, NAS is a PC+storage you can access anywhere).

[Ragged Robin]

It's normal for smaller devices with only 1 fan to have only intake and then a grill for exhaust. Makes no sense the other way around.

Originally Posted by digger

Looking at this:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002UUPWP6/...I34ZCVY94GKOZV

• Support all 3.5" SATA I/II/III hard disk drives up to 4TB per drive
• Transfer rate up to 480Mbps via USB 2.0, 3.0Gbps via eSATA
• Power off in synchronization with PC
• Switch USB 2.0 or eSATA interface by pressing one button
• Smart Fan function with built-in Thermal-Sensor, auto & manual modes, and 3 speed levels

Thoughts?

I have a Synology NAS with 2x2TB WD Reds in RAID1. Stores all my comics/movies/music and streams to anything with a browser in or out of my local network. At home it's mounted in Windows via mapped network drive so I access it like any other DAS except it's through 1GbE and when I'm away I can just pull it up in a browser or on my phone. It can do a ton of other shit but I really only use it for file sharing and I also host a Mumble server on it for my friends.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Ragged Robin

It's normal for smaller devices with only 1 fan to have only intake and then a grill for exhaust. Makes no sense the other way around.

That's why I posed the thread. If you actually take the whole thing apart, the fan only really "fits" when it's installed pulling air in. That's not the way it was assembled though. Between that and the oxidation on the PCB, I chalked it up to poor quality and will throw it away when the new one arrives.

This would be the second Sabrent enclosure I've had issues with. I've used Mapower, Masscool, and Rosewill with good results.

Unfortunately, it appears that these enclosures are either OEM'd from the same company and white-labeled or these companies aren't actually separate companies. Here's my Sabrent and underneath it, a Rosewill I found on Amazon yesterday.

[htismaqe]

So I ended up buying a new Rosewill enclosure, the one I posted the picture of below.

I just unboxed it and sure enough, the fan is EXACTLY backwards of the Sabrent. There's no way for the fan to rub on the drive because it's actually mounted with the spinning side behind a grill.

I guess I should have gone with the Rosewill before. Despite the overall similarities, it's the subtle changes that make one brand more dependable than another.

[htismaqe]

It could also be that Sabrent (or Rosewill or all of them) are copying/reverse-engineering each others designs.

Here's a Sabrent I just found on Amazon.



Here's my Masscool enclosure I bought in 2009.

[hometeam]

Rosewill makes nothing. They only rebrand.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by hometeam

Rosewill makes nothing. They only rebrand.

Then that makes sense. I wonder if they're all doing that?

[htismaqe]

This arrived today. $19.88 on Amazon and was BY FAR the easiest HDD I've ever assembled. Remove one screw to crack the case, slide the drive in and secure it with a 2nd screw. Less than 2 minutes from box to backing up the NAS. We'll see how long it lasts. It has 2 fans, both pulling air inward, through the case, and out through vents in the back.

[Ragged Robin]

[htismaqe]

A petabyte NAS?

Of course you know I'm going to tell you that's overkill, right?

That's awesome.

[Ragged Robin]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

A petabyte NAS?

Of course you know I'm going to tell you that's overkill, right?

That's awesome.

It's from a demo of their new firmware, they clustered like 4x10 bay rackmounted NASs fully loaded

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Ragged Robin

It's from a demo of their new firmware, they clustered like 4x10 bay rackmounted NASs fully loaded

Crazy.

By the way, I found a router that can compete with SoC-based NAS' on I/O now.

The new Netgear R7000 can read and write USB3.0 at over 25MB/s. Small Net Builder actually hit 40MBps in a couple of tests.

Pretty impressive for a router. I'm getting one on Friday to play around with.