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Reddit mentions of Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 PRORAID 4 Bay 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Enclosure - USB 3.0 & eSATA

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We found 33 Reddit mentions of Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 PRORAID 4 Bay 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Enclosure - USB 3.0 & eSATA. Here are the top ones.

Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 PRORAID 4 Bay 3.5
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    Features:
  • Support 3.5" SATA I / II / III hard disk drive up to 16TB per drive, Support Hard Drive Transfer Rate up to SATA III Speed. Hardware Raid controller built-in on board with one-button control.
  • One Button Raid Control support Single Drive Mode, Raid 0 (Spanning) JBOD, Raid 0 (Stripping), Raid 1 (Mirroring), Raid 3 (Stripped set with dedicated parity), Raid 5 (Stripped set with distributed parity), Raid 10 (Mirroring + Striping)
  • Transfer rate up to 5.0Gbps via USB 3.0, up to 3.0Gbps via eSATA.
  • Smart Fan with built-in thermal-sensor, Auto & Manual modes, and 3 speed levels
  • Compatible with Mac OSX 10.8 or later and Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7
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Height8.5 Inches
Length5 Inches
Number of items1
Weight1 Pounds
Width6.5 Inches

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Found 33 comments on Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 PRORAID 4 Bay 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Enclosure - USB 3.0 & eSATA:

u/gt500tr · 7 pointsr/DataHoarder

I splurged and got a Synology box and loaded it with 4x4TB and 4x8TB red drives (2 volumes). (those reds aren't cheap).

Then with extra drives, got a couple of Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 PRORAID 4 to house the rest of my drives connected via eSATA and formatted ext4. These little 4 drive NAS are not very expensive and work well. I hung an extra 5TB drive for backup, other misc files off the Synology as well.

I have found using external NAS makes performance with Plex better since the work of the RAID is done separately from the processor doing the encoding.

u/Monatigo · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

You can do the Mediasonic Probox line for that. I have the one without RAID, but use software (DrivePool) for redundancy. It works great via USB. My only complaint is the back fan can be loud.

https://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-ProBox-HF2-SU3S2-SATA-Enclosure/dp/B003X26VV4

They also make one with RAID built in:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YFHEAC/ref=emc_b_5_t

u/Berzerker7 · 3 pointsr/battlestations

The SSD is mounted behind the motherboard tray. You really wouldn't be able to store an OS drive over the network since motherboard BIOS don't really have network support.

The description of the computer picture says it, but I have my storage drives in an external RAID enclosure from Mediasonic (link). I also realized that I got a 4th drive, so I have to add that to the pcpp list.

I currently have 4 3TB drives running in RAID 10 in the enclosure, attached eSATA to my WRT1900AC and accessible over the network. It took some setting up and some troubleshooting as to why the router wouldn't get the proper partition info (disable write caching!), but it works and it works great for a makeshift NAS. Copying many files is definitely not as fast (take into account 4K speeds on mechanical drives as well as pushing things over the network), but I get a constant 75MB/s write speed when copying over larger files, which is pretty much the most you'll get out of an eSATA II port over Ethernet. I'm very happy with the performance and would definitely recommend it.

u/bitchkat · 3 pointsr/cordcutters

The Mediasonic case will not present the drives as a single virtual drive. The host will see it as 4 separate drives. That may or not be an issue for you.

I have this Mediasonic Raid with 4x6TB WD Reds running in raid 5. Its connected to an Intel NUC over USB 3.0 and I have no problems with transcoding.

u/SLeepdepD · 2 pointsr/PleX

I'm happy with my Mediasonic PRORAID 4 Bay Enclosure with 4 - 4 TB Western Digital Reds. I have it configured with RAID 5 (distributed parity) so 10.9 TB capacity.

It's probably not the most cost effective setup at $826, nor future proof--when I'm out of space I'll either need another set of enclosure and drives or have to upgrade all my drives to 6 TB+ and find a use for the old ones.

EDIT: additional details

u/SlenderLlama · 2 pointsr/editors

So I work out of a space that I lease. It's just a 900square foot room in Los Angeles.

That's where I store most of my camera equipment and work items. I host clients in there and edit for them sometimes on the spot.

There I have Four of these RAID Enclosure's, with Four of these(Might not be Red drives but that's irrelevant). Those plug into a Windows PC (through USB) that runs Windows 10, and through homegroup I can connect to it from any other computer. That computer has two jobs. Store files that can be accessed by other computers on the network, and also to continuously upload that data to Backblaze a service that provides backups of unlimted size for $5 a month per computer.

My main PC at work has a bunch of hard drives that I use for projects (and a few games (; sometimes I like to have fun). I also use an Asus laptop to edit when I'm not in the office.

At home I use an aging server PC (cuts down on power usage) that has the exact same setup as mentioned above, but also has a few internal drives for personal media like movies and music.

I can get further into detail about how I store my data if you'd like.

u/Droid126 · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

I have the non-raid version of this for about 6 years now. Its been great.

u/religionisaparasite · 2 pointsr/pcmasterrace

That's a lot of money for only 3TB of usable space.

you could just get something like this mediasonic unit for $150 and add 2 or 4 of your own drives for cheaper. I recommend using it with eSata though, not USB

u/Visvism · 2 pointsr/PleX

Yes stock OS X is what I use. Apple has made OS X server a separate application that you now purchase from the App Store and run as if it were a regular program. It configures more advanced features of OS X and then can be closed out while the background processes still run.

I went the cheap route and purchased the linked enclosure below with 4 3TB WD Red drives.

Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 PRORAID 4 Bay 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Enclosure - USB 3.0 & eSATA https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YFHEAC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_zx8Ezb4TCGKTN

Because my Mac Mini is older than USB 3.0 and only has 2.0 ports, I purchased this device:

Kanex Thunderbolt to eSATA plus USB 3.0 Adapter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LOLBBQQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_YA8Ezb8J5GRKV

With that I am able to run the raid via the eSata port which is extremely fast and it provides a USB 3.0 passthrough port if I want to attach another device. Since my older Mac Mini only has one thunderbolt port, I first connect an older desktop Seagate GoFlex drive which has a passthrough thunderbolt port, which I've linked here.

Seagate GoFlex Desk 3TB External Hard Drive for Mac in Black with Thunderbolt Adapter STBC3000102 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007IJ7UHC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_0C8Ezb2R96464

u/squirtmasterflash · 2 pointsr/HomeServer

You will definitely see a slowdown as far as data-transfer speeds over usb2 vs 3. The odroid will give you both usb3.0 and gigabit network speeds, as it is not using a shared bus to achieve USB and network. The other thing I would note for you, is that the enclosure you have chosen has no hardware raid capabilities, which means you would need to use software raid. Adding this type of overhead will no doubt be apparent in the system response. I would suggest the extra $50 to get this enclosure by the same manufacturer: https://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-HFR2-SU3S2-PRORAID-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B003YFHEAC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1549045199&sr=8-3&keywords=4+bay+SATA+RAID+Hard+Drive+Enclosure. This will give you the option of hardware-raid, allowing for failed drives and an array that keeps working, as well as the simplicity of having a single volume presented to your OS.

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If you are wanting to use the device as a DE as well, maybe an ubuntu MATE desktop. enable ssh, and install any software you think you need... torrenting client, like deluge or transmission, maybe sabzbd+ for newsgroups, radarr, sonarr, lidarr, couchpotato, sickbeard, headphones, sickrage... whatever you're into. that can all run in the background while you use the desktop environment as well, but with a SoC, you will likely experience a more sluggish response if you have a number of things always on in the background (actually doing some work).

u/CodedDrifter0523 · 2 pointsr/HomeServer

It is possible, you could also put the VPN on the Pi and save processing power on the W10 box. You also have the possibility of WSL(windows subsystem for Linux) and use the VPN there. 6 cores should be enough but you could look into an i7-8700b, it is 6 core and 12 threads(all depends on your budget). You may also want to look into a hard drive enclosure (something like https://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-HFR2-SU3S2-PRORAID-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B003YFHEAC ) and use it instead of virtualizing a NAS OS. You really have to define your budget and work from there.

u/wrtcdevrydy · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

How about the Mediasonics?

https://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-HFR2-SU3S2-PRORAID-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B003YFHEAC

$150, Internally managed Software Raid (it's basically a toggle in the back), and uses USB 3 so you can get support for Windows and Macs and all that Jazz.

Sadly, they only have a non-RAID version in Thunderbolt :(

https://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-SATA-Hard-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B078YQHWYW/

u/roarkry · 1 pointr/PleX

/r/PlexACD Refugee here, looking to bring everything back in house. Curious if anyone has been in a similar boat and has some feedback?

Here are some details about my situation:

  • I'm trying to optimize for space and minimize heat generated so i can run server/data from a closet
  • I'm planning on buying a storage solution (to save space and cut down on my complexity) instead of building one
  • I have maybe 4 TB of media, looking to grow a TB per year
    • Redundancy in data is not critical required
  • Concurrent transcoding is a rare situation - maybe 2 720p concurrent streams @ worst case
  • Happy running Ubuntu

    my approach (feel free to tear it apart or suggest alternatives)

  • NUC for Computer (this one has a CPU Passmark of 3824, so should be good for a 1080p and 720p concurrent) -
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N4EOJNG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
    • I'll add 4 GB of RAM to it - seems like plenty
  • PRORAID drive enclosure (gives me the option to use RAID or some software equivalent like flexRaid if i want in the future) - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003YFHEAC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
    • I'll probably go with RAID5 and just buy some drives up front that will last me a few years - sounds simpler than the software raid stuf

      My findings through this research:

  • a NAS likely won't give me enough horsepower to feel comfortable in the transcoding department
  • If i use a NUC to serve up data, i don't need an underpowered NAS for storage - i could do just fine with drive enclosure
  • There are WAY too many software RAID options out there

    Thanks!
u/LinuxGeek28 · 1 pointr/PleX

Here's another idea...https://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-HFR2-SU3S2-PRORAID-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B003YFHEAC/ref=pd_ybh_a_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=1J6T87862ZPTQF0G9NJ9

It has built in Raid 5 support. I've never used one, but the description seems to fit your needs and the price is right....

u/Drusenija · 1 pointr/freenas

Could I make use of an eSATA enclosure on the N40L to set up the new drives and transfer everything across, them move the drives internally once that’s done? Something like the one linked below. Then theoretically I could keep the old drives in use afterwards as well (probably in a 4 disk RAID-Z rather than 5).

https://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-HFR2-SU3S2-PRORAID-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B003YFHEAC/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=esata+raid+enclosure&qid=1572471924&sr=8-3

u/vlsi_comparch · 1 pointr/hardware

Do you want a NAS or a DAS? Is the USB 3.0 functionality necessary in order to add more storage or make the unit act as an external disk when connected to a computer?

If you are looking for DAS, with USB 3.0 and RAID, I suggest taking a look at Mediasonic ProRAID : http://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-HFR2-SU3S2-ProRaid-External-Enclosure/dp/B003YFHEAC : 4-bays which you can fill in with HDDs of any size.

u/jmd27612 · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

I would use this drive.

WD Red 4TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6 GB/S 64 MB Cache 3.5-Inch - WD40EFRX https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EHBERSE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_61rUAbG9ZNQ5H

Save up and get a good enclosure like this one. It has 4 bags, supports both USB 3.0 and eSATA. It will grow with you and supports hardware RAID.

Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 PRORAID 4 Bay 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Enclosure - USB 3.0 & eSATA https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YFHEAC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_f3rUAb7DBKKEQ

u/fuzzycuffs · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

So I take it I should be looking at a DAS RAID, especially if I want to move it between hosts. Seems like there's another version of that Mediasonic enclosure with RAID support

https://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-HFR2-SU3S2-PRORAID-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B003YFHEAC/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1503937514&sr=1-2&keywords=direct+attached+storage

Wonder what separates the $150 Mediasonic vs. the $300 drobo.

u/trumpet205 · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

Seems this one can do what you want, well sort of,

https://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-HFR2-SU3S2-PRORAID-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B003YFHEAC

It mentions that the transfer speed is locked to SATA 2 when using hardware RAID. SATA 3 is only available to individual hard drive mode (JBOD). Do keep in mind different vendor defines JBOD differently (QNAP for example defines it as spanned volume).

Since SSD DAS is your end goal, maybe you should save up and either go straight for ITX/mATX build or Thunderbolt 3 enclosure? Otherwise USB 3 will be the bottleneck here.

u/godzplague89 · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

That fantec box you have basically like this one? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YFHEAC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_1CkWCbCB82KE5

u/IXI_Fans · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

I'm a lazy POS, I haven't bought anything yet.

I'm close to pulling the trigger on...
https://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-HFR2-SU3S2-PRORAID-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B003YFHEAC

BUT... I am still researching building a rig from scratch, which I don't want to do... but everyone says to go that route. Honestly, I am only looking for a 3-4 year solution. After that, I will be established enough that I need a full separate computer.

I'm not converting and 99.99% of the time there will only be one stream playing. That is why I am leaning to DAS instead of NAS. I have a ShieldTV which has pretty good horsepower.

u/ErroneousBosch · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

What's a good DAS option? I just pulled the trigger on 4x 10tb hard drives with the thought of RAID 5 in a MediaSonic ProRAID, but since MediaSonic's website is garbage, and it has no management tools, I am worried I need a better option.

u/Snij_Glau · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

That's not actually a RAID box, but rather just another style of external drive. There is a very similar product in the same line that actually has a hardware RAID controller added, https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B003YFHEAC?psc=1

I have used that RAID box version for a couple years to great success (which is to say, I've had drives fail and had no trouble recovering). But both devices require a computer to function. That was fine for me, since I was mostly budget conscious and also adding on to a computer I already had.

I would say the main caveat on that enclosure is that it doesn't sound or send any alarm in case of trouble. An LED changes color, which is of no use under a desk or in a closet.

I'll let other, smarter, less cheap people guide you on independent NAS boxes. (They seem like a cleaner solution if you're starting from scratch.)

u/xXXTGPxXX · 1 pointr/buildapc

I haven't bought one in a while but the best recommended item on Amazon is the Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 PRORAID 4 Bay 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Enclosure - Here

You can check out boxes from brands like Icybox, Rosewill, Mediasonic, SansDigital to name a few.

u/schmots · 1 pointr/homelab

It’s this one. Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 PRORAID 4... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YFHEAC?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

u/bfdill · 1 pointr/BuyItForLife

I bought this a couple years ago and it’s been rock solid.

https://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-HFR2-SU3S2-PRORAID-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B003YFHEAC

Ninja edit: not Canada, but raid device probably available there ¯\(ツ)

u/mgfootballer · 1 pointr/PleX

This doesn't answer your question, but wanted to give you another thought for setup. I bought 4 WD Red's along with a Raid Enclosure. I set the RAID up with 1 + 0 so I have a total of ~7.5 TB and they are mirrored for redundancy.

u/Valeen · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

20 TB is going to take some time to transfer like this. I'm guessing there's no way to run an Ethernet cable between the two servers and set up a direct connection?

If time is an issue and you can't directly attach them, than your quickest mode of transfer would be an external raid enclosure,
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YFHEAC/

Then you could throw some 6 TB drives in raid 0 and go to town.

If time isn't an issue, and people really care about money, then anything like an easy store from Best buy will go the trick.

u/ChiIIerr · 1 pointr/PleX

May I recommend one of these or one of its larger brothers? https://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-HFR2-SU3S2-PRORAID-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B003YFHEAC

u/etrigan63 · 1 pointr/OpenMediaVault

I used this unit

Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 PRORAID 4 Bay 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Enclosure - USB 3.0 & eSATA

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YFHEAC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_SV42AbEH8MCAA

I started with an Odroid XU4Q but had to switch to an Intel NUC (Celeron) to host OMV4 since some of the plugins I wanted to use were not available on ARM.

u/vision-quest · 1 pointr/photography

Pretty much. As long as I can store and edit large amounts of photo/video on it at fast speeds, that's all I need.

Do you think I just buy something like I've linked below and pair it with some Seagate Barracuda Pro hard-drives?

https://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-HFR2-SU3S2-PRORAID-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B003YFHEAC/ref=sr_1_14?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1517435874&sr=1-14&keywords=hard+drive+enclosure&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_two_browse-bin%3A6528338011%2Cp_72%3A1248879011

u/AlexanderSalamander · 0 pointsr/synology

It was a Mediasonic Proraid.

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I figured out how to mount the drives - turns out the esata port on the old enclosure failed, but the usb still works. I'd still like to migrate to the synology enclosure.

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I have a couple of weird plans.

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Route A:

Take ONE drive out of my 4-disk RAID5 and put it in the Synology. This leaves my RAID5 in a degraded 3-disk state but with no data loss - parity still exists.

Wipe and install DSM on the single disk in the Synology.

Then pop in the 3 RAID5 disks.

Will it identify the RAID5 config, see the data, and use the existing drive with DSM installed to rebuild?

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Route B:

Get a new blank disk that matches my others and put it in the Synology.

Install DSM on the single disk in the Synology.

Then take 3 of my RAID5 disks and put them in. It sees a degraded RAID5 state that is missing a disk.

Then put the 4th RAID5 disk in, replacing the first one that I used to install DSM.

Will this work, or will this cause the whole thing to fail because the disk that has DSM disappears?