Hey!

Basically, I want to expand my storage and tidy it up (atm I have more or less like 5 disks, external and internal ones).

While researching, I saw two things that may be appropiate: docking stations and disk enclosures

However, I am having some trouble understanding the difference (at least for my use case)

My use case is basically I have a server running ubuntu with all of my servers dockerized and just want to expand my storage to store movies and tv shows and make it look nicer. No RAID, no anything.

I came across two options:

https://sabrent.com/collections/docking-station/products/ds-sc4b

and

https://www.terra-master.com/global/d4-300.html

Questions:

Which one do you think is better for my use case?

What’s the difference between docking stations and disk enclosures?

Are there any differences for my use case?

Do you know another device that may be better or have you had any bad experience with the aforementioned devices?

Thanks!

  • TheOnlyMisty@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I have the Sabrent 5-Bay and it’s literally just 5HDDs available by USB, no raid, little overhead (aside from the USB). All disks show as individual disks on Trurnas (will be similar for another OS) and then you can decide if you want to software raid them or use them individually.

  • AndyFromMN@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I have the 5-Bay Sabrent. Something I found out when I was out of town on a trip. If there’s a total power failure, like power outage at home and battery backups drained, when power is restored you have to manually press the power button for each drive to turn them back on. Based on that I’d look at another enclosure if you go that route.