IO CREST 10Gbps Single Bay USB Type-C Enclosure for 2.5" & 3.5" SATA HDD

Easy install, simple RAID software. I did 2 x 250GB drives in RAID-0 (total 500GB space) as a test and am getting 180MB transfer speed (write and read) between this and an internal SSD of the windows PC. Good value hardware.

Similar - and more expensive - products won't work with Android boxes, but this one will. Easy to install and works perfectly, all HDs are viewed individually by the OS. I would be nice to have individual power buttons per HD, but that's a tiny detail. Noise level could be better but it's far from noisy. That little box is awesome

Si lo que buscar es un dispositivo para usar con tus discos de gran capacidad y que no entre en estado de hibernación automáticamente sin que puedas impedirlo, algo sumamente molesto, este es tu dispositivo. Tengo conectados 4 hdd de 16tb cada uno y funcionan perfectamente, silencioso y por sobre todas las especificaciones, los discos no se apagan o entran en hibernacion cada cinco minutos sin que puedas camiar esa opcion, algo que es de agradecerse al fabricante. El costo es bastante accesible y por su facilidad de uso y sin hibernacion es perfecto para cualquier tipo de trabajo en oficina, industria u hogar.

I'm very pleased with the unit. It took me about 30 minutes to install and get configured 5x old 1TB drives I had lying around. The 2.5" drives screwed right into the trays without any need for an adapter (25 screws were included as well as the mini Phillips needed for the 2.5" drives). One of the trays didn't align perfectly on insert and needed to be wiggled a bit but no big deal. It comes with a mini-DVD with configuration software that is very simple to use, and you can download it from their site if you don't have a DVD drive anymore. Mine is configured for RAID 5 with the hardware controller and working very nicely. I would definitely buy again!

This is exactly as advertised, easy to use, and works perfectly. The parts are not cheap junk plastic, they're made quite well. The fan is quiet and moves enough air to keep drives at a proper temperature. I run it without any RAID so I can't comment on that, but I've had zero issues in the few weeks I've been using it. I have it connected to a server running Debian Linux and have put it through its paces, accessing all drives, read/write tests, etc. Real-world use it performs perfectly as well. The Windows utility is easy enough to use as well as straight-forward. The box includes a USB cable as well as an eSATA cable. The directions are clear enough, and simple enough to understand. Definitely happy with this purchase and will buy another when the time comes.

I was very happy with the quality of this product. I was concerned that it might be cheap considering that it cost much less than similar products and that it was an unknown brand. It is inexpensive but definitely not cheaply made. The construction feels solid The fit and finish is excellent. I did find it slightly difficult to open the trays once the drives were installed. That might not be a bad thing, especially if you have young children around. They definitely won't be able to open the trays and remove the drives. This is not a NAS or a RAID array. It is a JBOD (just a bunch of disks) box. It is simply an external USB drive enclosure that holds 4 drives instead of one. You cannot create a RAID array with Windows using this enclosure. That's not a limitation of this particular enclosure. Windows doesn't allow you to create a RAID array over USB. It is likely possible to use this box to create a RAID array or NAS using a Raspberry Pi or another Linux based OS and open source NAS software. I didn't try it yet but I will as soon as I have 4 identical hard drives. I have a refurbished Lenovo ThinkStation that I use for a home-made DVR and media server. There was a hodgepodge of external drives attached to it that I had picked up over the years or recycled from other computers. It was quite frankly a mess. This box has cleaned up my entertainment centre and improved speeds if I have to move files around. Transfer speeds are 100mbps + when transferring between drives in the enclosure and just slightly less when transferring between the enclosure and internal drives installed in the computer. Speeds are still better on the remaining single USB enclosures as I can attach them directly to USB ports on the computer instead of a hub. I will be buying another one of these 4 bay enclosures soon to eliminate the remaining single enclosures. I purchased two new 4 TB Seagate IronWolf drives as well. Although these are NAS drives it is perfectly fine to use them as storage in a computer or in one of these enclosures. They are better quality drives than Barracudas, have longer warranties and rated for far more data transfers per year. NAS drives are meant for 24/7 operation so they are very good for home servers. I don't have eSATA on this computer so I can't comment on that but a cable is included. Installing the drives is easy and no tools are required. Instructions are not included but are available on the manufactures' website in PDF form. Although you cannot create a NAS or RAID array, you can share the drives on your network. You will then have access to the box from any device on your network as long as the computer that the box is attached to is on. Overall, I am very happy with this enclosure. I had considered investing in a NAS device but I didn't have the money to replace all of my current drives and the NAS too. I read that there are also many security vulnerabilities that allow ransomware to encrypt them. The manufacturers aren't too good at updating the software in many cases. I decided that this was the best solution for me.