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Reddit mentions of Syba SY-ENC50104 4 Bay 3.5” SATA III HDD Non-RAID Enclosure – Supports USB 3.0 & eSATA Interface
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We found 4 Reddit mentions of Syba SY-ENC50104 4 Bay 3.5” SATA III HDD Non-RAID Enclosure – Supports USB 3.0 & eSATA Interface. Here are the top ones.
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- Supports up to four HDDs in a single unit with a capacity of up to 18TB per drive. Port-Multiplier(normal) mode- showing 4 HDDs respectively
- The Forced Convection Process helps speed up the air circulation and heat ventilation to effectively cool the drive and whole system for stable operation and an extended lifespan
- No A/C Adapter Required. Direct DC Power Connection to the Unit
- Adjustable cooling fan with 3 speeding setting (low, high, and auto)
Features:
Specs:
| Color | Black |
| Height | 8 Inches |
| Length | 10.25 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | October 2017 |
| Size | 4 bay |
| Weight | 7 Pounds |
| Width | 5.25 Inches |
I used a Rock64 with a USB3 to eSATA adapter and plugged that into a eSATA 4 port enclosure. Now I'm able to use 4 SATA drives on the Rock64.
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https://www.amazon.com/Syba-SY-ENC50104-SATA-Non-RAID-Enclosure/dp/B076ZH262B/ref=sr_1_14?keywords=esata+enclosure&qid=1558453145&s=gateway&sr=8-14
This shows it comes with USB3 so can probably just use that. My enclosure is only eSATA, but can't find on Amazon.
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https://www.amazon.com/adapter-support-multiplier-JMicron-enclosure/dp/B0743WXJWK/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=usb3+esata&qid=1558453236&s=gateway&sr=8-7
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Linux picked up the eSATA adapter and was able to see the disk without doing anything.
Take a look at SnapRAID. Great for media storage and drives can be added one at a time. Also supports different drive sizes.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076ZH262B
I ordered this to easily add 4 more drives. It has to share bandwidth, but it works fine for serving media. Supports USB3 or ESATA.
Check out /r/DataHoarder for more information.
I am currently using this one:
Syba 4 Bay 3.5" SATA III HDD NON-RAID Enclosure - Supports USB 3.0 & eSATA Interface (SY-ENC50104) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076ZH262B/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apap_yaeVpPSxpvT4g
It supports both USB 3.0 and eSATA; however, in my experience eSATA is a bit of a crapshoot when it comes to HBA compatibility. I tried it with an existing card and the port multiplier feature did not work, so expect your mileage to vary.
Over USB though, it has been very solid and reliable, which has not always been my experience with other such enclosures. It is also non-RAID, which is exactly what you want if using software arrays.
It is connected to my HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 running Windows Server 2016. I currently use it for storage expansion. The 4 drives are configured as part of a Storage Spaces pool in common with the server's 4 internal SATA drives and a pair of mirrored mSATA SSDs for disk caching, which are installed on a PCIe add-in card. It currently hosts a 12Tb parity layout Storage Space, with a 100Gb write back cache on the SSD tier. The volume on this device is used for full image and File History backups for client PCs on our LAN.
USB connected drives are not generally recommended for server storage, but a nifty benefit of using Storage Spaces is that the discs are no longer treated as removeable media by the operating system, which enables a bunch of scenarios. This particular enclosure does not support UASP. But for NAS HDDs, the USB 3.0 bus throughout is not a real limitation, and my backup use case does not require extreme speeds.
I don't know about SMART features over USB though.
> but how much storage space can you really get in a NUC without lots of external hard drives
A 4-bay external enclosure such as this one is comparable in size to (or perhaps a bit smaller than) a typical 4-bay NAS. They list a limit of 8TB per drive so 32TB per enclosure, or 64TB if you go for the 8-bay version. The NUC has 4 USB-A ports and 1 USB-C port, so you could theoretically hook up 5 enclosures to the NUC without buying a USB hub. Assuming 5 4-bay enclosures with each drive being 8TB, that's 160TB.
My backup process is to fill up a drive with media, image it to a backup drive, then drive the backup drive offsite. Not as fancy as RAID, but I get the bonus of having the data offsite and saving money on a RAID-supporting enclosure, which tend to be more expensive.