I was thinking on buying a 2-4 bay HDD powered enclosure as a NAS for my mini pc, since I already have that, and buying or building a full-fledged diy NAS seems a bit expensive.

I want to hear some opinions from you guys, since it seems using this method is a mixed area from the selfhosted pros. I would be hoping that by using a powered enclosure, that would alleviate or solve the USB port overcharging issue, which have appeared in my mini pc when trying out an external HDD with a normal sata to usb converter.

Did you have any experiences with a setup like this one?

  • frazorth@feddit.ukEnglish
    61·
    3 days ago

    If you use a reputable brand, such as TerraMaster you’ll avoid all of the scare stories you hear.

    Almost everything bad seems to be along the lines of

    I bought “off brand” XzzYyG from Amazon/EBay/Wish and it failed

    Something like this:

    https://www.terra-master.com/uk/products/homesoho-das/d6-320.html

    It’ll be faster than your spinning rust anyway, as long as you have high speed ports on your mini PC.

    • nis@feddit.dkEnglish
      43·
      3 days ago

      I was very intrigued until they wanted my email before showing me the “Quick Installation Guide”.

          • frazorth@feddit.ukEnglish
            3·
            2 days ago

            That’s weird that there are several ways to get access to the Quick Guides, and some seem to want an email.

            However it doesn’t use it and takes junk (I just used a@b.com which was accepted), but sad that the form you found needed it.

            But to answer your question, no I missed that link and went to “downloads” which also has the guide but doesn’t appear to require any email.

            • nis@feddit.dkEnglish
              3·
              2 days ago

              Great, was starting to wonder if I was being singled out and they just wanted my email 😀

              I still don’t understand why they have that form at all.

        • frazorth@feddit.ukEnglish
          3·
          3 days ago

          I just did a websearch and first result was a download link on their US website too which didn’t require registration.

          There seems to be a lot of nonsense on here.

    • drkt@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
      13·
      3 days ago

      such as TerraMaster

      The reputable brand that quietly updated my device in the middle of the night and reset my password to a randomly generated one, locking me out of the device? That brand? The brand that runs their OS off of a USB stick inside the device so it’s always a ticking time bomb that might just stop working randomly? That one?

      • frazorth@feddit.ukEnglish
        51·
        3 days ago

        Update your DAS? What are you talking about?

        The brand that runs their OS off of a USB stick inside the device

        Are you alright?