Which disk enclosure should I go for?
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Rafa130397 · 2023-11-20 18:35

Hey!

I want your opinion

I just want a simple disk enclosure to store my disks since I have a
lot of adapters for my HDDs. My current library is about 6tb, so not a
lot. I just have a plex server with some services running in docker in
a low power mini pc.

Which one do you guys recommend me? (the budget is 200usd)

135.99:

[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CN4Z4PC/ref=ox\_sc\_act\_title\_
4?smid=A307CH216CTGMP&th=1](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CN4Z4
PC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?smid=A307CH216CTGMP&th=1)

Or

199.99:

[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Y3WDHLD/ref=ox\_sc\_act\_title\_
10?smid=A29Y8OP2GPR7PE&th=1](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Y3WD
HLD/ref=ox_sc_act_title_10?smid=A29Y8OP2GPR7PE&th=1)

Thanks!

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No_Dragonfruit_5882 · 2023-11-20 18:57

Id go with the sabrent.

Only heard good things about them.

And only heard some shitty things with the terrashit.

Havent tested them myself since i use qnaps disk enclosures for
everything

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DrMylk · 2023-11-20 20:31

Second one has a button/disk, which seems as a win to me.

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Rafa130397 · 2023-11-20 20:40

Great!

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bobsbuttplug · 2023-11-21 00:20

Do you intend to run ZFS on any of this?

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Rafa130397 · 2023-11-21 00:21

I didn’t think about that. What would be the benefit?

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bobsbuttplug · 2023-11-21 01:57

Redundancy, integrity, performance.

That said, if you're not intending to run ZFS, use the USB enclosure
with SATA disks.  If you want to run ZFS you really need to consider
going with a SAS expander and SAS controller.  I ran ZFS on my desktop
and went from SATA to SAS on the disks.  This moved me from 600
mbyte/s to 1000 Mbytes/s.  Moving to an all SAS 12g setup brought
performance up to 1800 Mbytes/s.

This is my config below, and I see rather good IO perf on it for a
desktop.


    config:

        NAME
STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
        MediaPool
ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2-0
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@e:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@f:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@a:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@7:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@11:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@0:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@1:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@2:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2-1
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@10:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@8:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@6:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@9:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@b:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@c:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@d:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@3:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
        special
          mirror-2
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@13:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@14:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
            PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@15:0
ONLINE       0     0     0
        logs
          PCI0@0-RP09@1D-PXSX@0-IONVMeController-
IONVMeBlockStorageDevice@1-@1:3  ONLINE       0     0     0
        cache
          PCI0@0-RP09@1D-PXSX@0-IONVMeController-
IONVMeBlockStorageDevice@1-@1:4  ONLINE       0     0     0
        spares
          PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@4:0
AVAIL
          PCI0@0-PEG1@1,1-PEGP@0-@5:0
AVAIL

    errors: No known data errors

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AndyFromMN · 2023-11-21 02:43

The Sabrent one is nice.

Small quirk with it. If there's a complete power failure, ex. power
outage at house or battery backup drains, you to need to manually
press the power button(s) on the enclosure to power the disks back up.

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DrMylk · 2023-11-22 20:16

That might be a positive thing if you have multiple small blackout in
your area.