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?
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
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.
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?
Update your DAS? What are you talking about?
Are you alright?
Bought only the nas hardware, no software or enclosures with OS from the and had no problems
I was very intrigued until they wanted my email before showing me the “Quick Installation Guide”.
Err, you mean the piece of paper that came in the box, or is available to download on their website as a link without having to register?
https://www.terra-master.com/us/d6-320.html?page=menu&mid=1336
No such thing in their website from europe
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.