StarTech 1U Rackmount 4-Bay 3.5" SATA External Hard Drive Enclosure

2023-01-03T19:00:00

If anyone at StarTech has some of these lying around collecting dust, I could make use of several more.

PriceK

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2021-04-22T20:00:00

I've used these for several years. It is unfortunate that they are out of production.

kprice

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2019-01-03T19:00:00

I was looking for a rack mountable HDD enclosure for 4 drives to use as the media streaming RAID array in my recording studio. I am using this enclosure with an LSI/Broadcom MegaRAID SAS 9266-4i. The DAW workstation is running Windows 10 Pro. A few questions I had and the answers I discovered: Q: For use in a recording studio control room, how loud are the 3 fans on the rear of the unit? A: Almost silent! Mounted in the rack under my console, they are nearly inaudible. Q: Is this a RAID enclosure? A: No! You must have a RAID card to use with this enclosure. Q: How does the enclosure connect to my computer? A: The connector described as Mini SAS is an SFF 8088. Your RAID card probably has an SFF 8087. No problem, as you'll need an 8088 to 8087 pass through bracket anyway. Q: What drives does it support? A: It doesn't really "support" drives, as it just passes them to your RAID card. I'm using four WD 2TB Golds in Raid 10. So far, so good! The enclosure seems very well engineered. It's made of metal and feels very solid. The power supply support bracket is a nice touch, All drives have activity lights, and drive hot swap is easy, Other reviews I've seen pointed out that this enclosure doesn't auto power on in case of a power failure. In my application, this is not an issue. You should have it on a UPS anyway! Nice job Startech!

zendrum

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