abyzek

I see almost all users shucking their external usb drives and directly connecting them using SATA. What is the disadvantage of directly using the external drives connected as USB (other than speed)? I have 4x 8TB drives which are all in USB 3.0 enclosures. (2x Seagate Backup Plus Hub and 2x WD Easystore) I was planning to use 3x as array disks and 1x as Parity (mainly as a media server). Enclosure space is not a constraint for me so should I really shuck these drive?