[Data array disks connected via USB3]

2 hours ago, mrrick said:

I'm going to buy a Syno or QNP now.

Cheers,

Rick

 

Well, maybe I'll be going down the test route and report findings here, if anyone is interested.

[Data array disks connected via USB3]

Hej trurl, this is a tremendously helpful answer. Thank you so much for taking the time - highly appreciated! Unfortunately, your statements cement my worst anticipation, and thus this means I'm going to buy a Syno or QNP now.

Cheers,

Rick

[Data array disks connected via USB3]

Hello Everyone!

I'm just having a quick question, for which I'd highly appreciate the esteemed community's thoughts. I'm currently in the process of setting up an testing an UnRAID server mainly for NAS purposes. I'm using a Gigbyte GB-BACE 3150 small form factor PC with a low power Celeron N3150. I'm testing how well (or unwell) connecting data array disks via USB3 works.

 

I know that connecting data disk arrays via USB is not recommended. However, since there are no other options in this case, I wanted to see how it works anyway. I have tested already with one single disk, and I ended up with 50 MB/s transfer rate, which obviously isn't exactly light speed.

 

Now the question: I want to test an array with 4 HDDs in one data array including a parity disk. The GB-BACE has 4 USB3 connectors. I could use one USB enclosure for 4 HDDs with a single USB connection to the GD-BACE, or I could split the disks via multiple enclosures, for instance using one UBS connection per enclosure, hence and obviously up to 4 separate enclosures and connections. If I do so, would it be a fair assumption that the transfer rate would go up since I simply had (4 times) more USB bandwidth available in the multi-enclosure scenario compared to the single enclosure scenario?

 

Thanks a lot in advance for sharing any thoughts you might have!

 

Best,

Rick