What's the HDD read write speed when connected through the 5-bay enclosure? Can you try to do a benchmark for all 5 bay simultaneously in Raid 0 and see what is the max transfer rate the enclosure is able to put though the USB 3.1 gen2 port. Hope to hear from you. Thanks!
How does RAID 0 work with those power buttons next to each drive? Do you have to quickly click them when you power it back up? Will it corrupt the RAID if you don't get them powered back up fast enough? Thanks!
Can I access these drives by connecting them to my phone or tablet? I will mostly be using these with a windows machine but would like transfer files to phone and tablet sometimes.
If the computer which this Sabrent 5-bay device is connected to enters into sleep mode, will the drives all shut down from spinning and enter sleep mode as well?
You were focussed on Mac connectivity. Windows 10 has a software setup called storage pools. Essentially it is a software solution for RAID 0, RAID 1. Can this also be used as a RAID5 solution in Windows combining the minimum required 3 disks? What about with a Mac? With this 5-bay Sabrent having two thunderbolt/USB-C ports, could I use a Mac computer, (RAID 0 (2 drives)) and Windows 10 PC (RAID5 (3 drives)) connected at the same time somehow?
Two questions - what is the length of the included USB cables? Assume for a moment this will be used as a backup device for a remote server, and there is a power failure to the building. Will the drives power on again on their own when power resumes, or will someone have to hit the power button on each drive bay to turn each drive on?
The included cable for the 4-bay model is extremely short, and yeah, it seems the enclosure will leave the correct slots powered up on soft-reboot (Linux).
@@demoacct Thanks for the response, but this really only answers one of my questions. Doesn't matter now as I didn't go with this product, but I specifically needed to know if it would power back on by itself in the event of a power outage & allow all drives to be available without human interaction. If this equipment is installed in a remote location with little human interaction, you can see how such a design could be problematic when physical rocker switches for power don't exist. Too bad the manufacturer doesn't spell this out in pre-sales documentation.
Can I use this 5 bay docking station with my iPad Pro since I edit my photos and videos on my iPad? Also, which hard drives work best for “reliable” and fast storage for my large 4k videos if I want to by 5 hard drives? WD black or red...?
Not entirely sure if it works on iPad. If it does, there will definitely be no RAID support. Just bare, individual drives with no security. I use Seagate Ironwolf Pro drives. I’ve been using them for a long time and have had great performance.
I got one but the Device Manager Window keeps on flashing/Beeping. I cannot find the correct USB 3.2 Type-C Drivers for it to work, Could you please help? Thank you.
There's a chance your motherboard doesn't support USB 3.2 . . . Try your motherboard manufacturer's website and see if they have the drivers. That's my guess. USB 3.2 is still very new. If your motherboard was manufactured prior to the protocol's finalization, I doubt it would work. usb.org/usb-32 You would need to look into if your computer supports adding a USB 3.2 adapter card duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=usb+3.2+card&ia=shopping
its just way too expensive for what it designed to do, not even a fan controll or software support like synology. if it was bellow 80 euro i would consider, the price does not make sense, therefore look for other alternatives.
Thank you. NO ONE has done a review of this USB-C tower. There are 50 UA-cam ads for it ranging from 1 - 1.5 minutes with music only but nothing else.
is the fan loud? thanks
What's the HDD read write speed when connected through the 5-bay enclosure? Can you try to do a benchmark for all 5 bay simultaneously in Raid 0 and see what is the max transfer rate the enclosure is able to put though the USB 3.1 gen2 port. Hope to hear from you. Thanks!
How does RAID 0 work with those power buttons next to each drive? Do you have to quickly click them when you power it back up? Will it corrupt the RAID if you don't get them powered back up fast enough? Thanks!
Does the 5 bay support 18tb or larger capacity hdd?
i really enjoyed your video, very thorough with the info, clear and understandable, thank you very much!
My LED lights don't turn on, but the fan runs and none of my hard drives are recognized. What could the issue be?
Please do a video how to turn this into nas for mac! Got mine ordered with 5 12 tb western digital plus drives. Gonna run raid 1. How come no raid 5?
On mac: When a disk goes to sleep or is unmounted, can you mount it back or do you need to physically push the button?
What happen if I setup the Mac Disk Utility RAID and erase the OS?
Can I access these drives by connecting them to my phone or tablet?
I will mostly be using these with a windows machine but would like transfer files to phone and tablet sometimes.
I think this is what I want
I currently have 6 external HD's that mirror from the main data drive using a software program called freefilesync.
If the computer which this Sabrent 5-bay device is connected to enters into sleep mode, will the drives all shut down from spinning and enter sleep mode as well?
So that USB 3.1 HUB port can actually be a DAISY CHAIN for more hard drives?
Yes. You can add more docking station units in a chain with that port. It can also be used for pretty much anything else as well.
@@AtTech128 AWESOME!! Thank you so much for that!!
You were focussed on Mac connectivity. Windows 10 has a software setup called storage pools. Essentially it is a software solution for RAID 0, RAID 1.
Can this also be used as a RAID5 solution in Windows combining the minimum required 3 disks? What about with a Mac? With this 5-bay Sabrent having two thunderbolt/USB-C ports, could I use a Mac computer, (RAID 0 (2 drives)) and Windows 10 PC (RAID5 (3 drives)) connected at the same time somehow?
will this work with my Mac mini m2 pro with TB4 ?
great review, thanks!
Please add a speedtest for the nano
Two questions - what is the length of the included USB cables? Assume for a moment this will be used as a backup device for a remote server, and there is a power failure to the building. Will the drives power on again on their own when power resumes, or will someone have to hit the power button on each drive bay to turn each drive on?
The included cable for the 4-bay model is extremely short, and yeah, it seems the enclosure will leave the correct slots powered up on soft-reboot (Linux).
@@demoacct Thanks for the response, but this really only answers one of my questions. Doesn't matter now as I didn't go with this product, but I specifically needed to know if it would power back on by itself in the event of a power outage & allow all drives to be available without human interaction. If this equipment is installed in a remote location with little human interaction, you can see how such a design could be problematic when physical rocker switches for power don't exist. Too bad the manufacturer doesn't spell this out in pre-sales documentation.
Can I use this 5 bay docking station with my iPad Pro since I edit my photos and videos on my iPad? Also, which hard drives work best for “reliable” and fast storage for my large 4k videos if I want to by 5 hard drives? WD black or red...?
Not entirely sure if it works on iPad. If it does, there will definitely be no RAID support. Just bare, individual drives with no security. I use Seagate Ironwolf Pro drives. I’ve been using them for a long time and have had great performance.
I got one but the Device Manager Window keeps on flashing/Beeping. I cannot find the correct USB 3.2 Type-C Drivers for it to work, Could you please help? Thank you.
There's a chance your motherboard doesn't support USB 3.2 . . . Try your motherboard manufacturer's website and see if they have the drivers. That's my guess. USB 3.2 is still very new. If your motherboard was manufactured prior to the protocol's finalization, I doubt it would work. usb.org/usb-32
You would need to look into if your computer supports adding a USB 3.2 adapter card duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=usb+3.2+card&ia=shopping
Can you use this to download steam games?
Can't find anywhere online or on Sabrent's website what the max HDD size is for each bay?
On the product page, they show an illustration with 10TB drives
how loud does it get?
Can I use my HDD as single if I connect it to windows instead of going for any RAIDs?
Yes. All drives are singles until you set up a software RAID.
@@AtTech128 Awesome, might have to buy this one!
Background music name please!
its just way too expensive for what it designed to do, not even a fan controll or software support like synology. if it was bellow 80 euro i would consider, the price does not make sense, therefore look for other alternatives.