The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SLJ7 on 2024-12-10 02:00:27.

I need to hook some hard drives up to a mini PC, and I found this five-bay enclosure on Canadian amazon. It claims it supports all the RAIDs, but I’m a bit confused on whether that just means it passes the drives through and allows you to do whatever you want with them, or if it comes with some kind of onboard RAID.

If it does come with onboard RAID, am I right in thinking simper is better and I should just get something that passes the drives directly through? Does anyone have a recommended brand for that? I could probably be okay with four bays, though more is better. The Ugreen one caught my eye because I’ve been using their chargers, cables, docking stations and power banks for a while, and everything seems to be reliable so far, but data is a bit more critical than any of that and I’ve heard mixed reviews of their quality from other people.

Thanks muchly.