September 21, 20232 yr Is this even a good option? I know its out of stock. I found one and I am debating if I want to buy it. My MOBO has 2 external esata ports. https://www.newegg.com/cfi-b8283ergg/p/N82E16816855009R
September 21, 20232 yr Because of the port multiplier parity operations such as parity checks and rebuilds will not perform as well since multiple disks are sharing a port. These operations normally work with all disks in parallel when each disk has its own port.
September 21, 20232 yr I bought this on a whim one day when I was trying to fix a problem with my old server. https://sabrent.com/products/ds-uctb I didn't think it though and only really wanted to solve one issue but... I had 6 x 10+TB HDD's in it and even 2 SSD's that I was using for something else. I've not been able to max it out bandwidth wise yet.
September 21, 20232 yr 7 hours ago, Juscuz17 said: Is this even a good option? I know its out of stock. I found one and I am debating if I want to buy it. My MOBO has 2 external esata ports. No, stay away! first of all, it uses port multipliers, others here have already commented on this. 2nd and even worse, it uses SATA-II only! You wont find any disk today anymore that runs willingly at this crawl speed! They will work, but only with the half speed they could run. SATA SSDs would even be crippled more! So I guess, you should look "elsewhere"
September 21, 20232 yr Author 5 hours ago, MAM59 said: No, stay away! first of all, it uses port multipliers, others here have already commented on this. 2nd and even worse, it uses SATA-II only! You wont find any disk today anymore that runs willingly at this crawl speed! They will work, but only with the half speed they could run. SATA SSDs would even be crippled more! So I guess, you should look "elsewhere" My case has space for 8 3.5, and 2 SSD, I can add 3 drives in the 2 5.25 slots. I guess I just need to start upgrading my drives to bigger ones. Current setup is 6x 6TB data 1x 6TB parity 1x 1TB SSD Cache. I started thinking about a remote tower because I have 7x2TB and 5x3TB drives I could use. I am also looking at SAS expanders, and running SAS cables to a stand alone drive tower. Edited September 21, 20232 yr by Juscuz17
September 21, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Juscuz17 said: need to start upgrading my drives to bigger ones. That's what I do. Each additional disk requires more hardware, more power. Perhaps most importantly, each additional disk is an additional point of failure
September 21, 20232 yr Author 1 hour ago, trurl said: That's what I do. Each additional disk requires more hardware, more power. Perhaps most importantly, each additional disk is an additional point of failure Yep, maybe I will just build a smaller Unraid server as a back up.... This is addicting...
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