2024-05-27, 09:06 AM
(2024-05-23, 01:31 PM)bitmap Wrote: I have a 5-bay TerraMaster (the USB 3.0 version). This one is an upgrade: https://www.terra-master.com/us/products...5-300.html. They also have a few other upgrades in the D5 USB Gen 3.2 (which is what my previous post should say instead of 3.1) that are decently priced.
I have no complaints about performance other than total throughput -- I would use them as storage drives ONLY and never use them for high I/O operations or where speed is necessary. It would work just fine for storing media, as the throughput wouldn't be high enough in nearly any case to cause issues. I stupidly used one of the drives for part of my pipeline that sapped every available bit of bandwidth and it slowed everything down by a factor of ten or more. This is not unique to this model, total throughput on a DAS should be considered when planning drive locations and you shouldn't be stupid like I was.
Wow, you certainly have a collection of drives. I see, I think I will most probably still stick to your original advice of using something similar to a Fractal Meshify to help in future proofing for when I decide to start self hosting more things and I would need that performance and storage capability. Thanks bitmap for taking time out of your day to assist me
