4-Bay Thunderbolt 3 Enclosure for M.2 NVMe | StarTech.com
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2024
- The Thunderbolt 3 M.2 NVMe enclosure turns 4x M.2 NVMe SSDs into a high-performance external storage solution, supporting data transfer speeds of up to 40Gbps. It is ideal for professionals working with large files, such as high-resolution graphics or videos. The TB3 SSD Enclosure is Thunderbolt 3 certified and features a downstream Thunderbolt 3 port to connect additional Thunderbolt 3 devices. A DisplayPort output allows you to connect an external 4K 60Hz display. It also includes a cooling fan for drive longevity and reliable performance.
Product Features:
· Thunderbolt 3 Certified
· 4K 60hz DisplayPort Output
· Downstream Thunderbolt 3 Port to Daisy Chain Additional Devices
· Includes a 2ft Thunderbolt 3 Host Cable
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THE IT PRO'S CHOICE: Designed and built for IT Professionals, this external drive enclosure is backed for 2-years, including free lifetime 24/5 multi-lingual technical assistance.
$378.99 USD 😒
Forgive me, everything is beautiful (apart from the gigantic power supply with its cable)
I saw that you have set (at software level) a Raid 0. However, before doing this, I would have liked how the disks (speed) behaved individually.
Thank you;-)
Hello! Unfortunately, there are too many variables with hard drive models (i.e., read/write speed specifications) to provide a generalized speed test. Also note that this model uses PCIe x1 Gen 3 (or 8Gbps speeds), meaning Gen 4 cards could also be supported, but at Gen 3 speeds.
Yes this is it
Are you able to use 4 drives as one to get 4 times the space?
Yes with Raid 0 1x capacity or raid 10 2x capacity
soooo this wouldnt be good for multiple Crucial T700 with out the heatsinks?
Hi there! This enclosure comes with thermal pads to help dissipate the heat from NVMe drives that do not have heatsinks. Removal of OEM heatsinks cannot be recommended.
Will this operate at rated speeds using 4 990 Pro 4tb Samsung M.2 drives?
As noted in this video and in our tech specs, this enclosure uses PCI Gen 3 at 8Gbps per SSD, which is another way of saying 1000MBps per drive. Considering several variables including system resources, drive health, etc., you should see values slightly below that.
Interesting product but why thunderbolt 3?
Thunderbolt 3 support a higher data transfer speed than regular USB-C ports.
Why the display port? What is the benefits ?
Hey,
The DisplayPort provides video-output, allowing the utilization of the host Thunderbolt 3 port's DP-Alt video capabilities.
I have 4 nvme x 8 TB each, can the device support them?
Hello. Our 4-bay TB3 enclosure is designed using PCIe Gen 3 architecture. Although there is currently no known drive capacity limitation on our enclosure, some model 8TB drives run on Gen 4, so you may see a slight performance dip if you use them.
The forums are filled with "disk not ejected properly" error that users are experiencing with external TB enclosures when M1/M2 Macs have sleep settings enabled. Does this enclosure have that issue?
Hey,
Unfortunately this seems like an issue with the M1/M2 Macs themselves. We cannot guarantee that such issue won't occur on our M2E4BTB3.
What's the issue? Does this mean the enclosure won't be reliable on M2? @@startech
is the enclosure capable of being powered through the Thunderbolt cable?
No, the included power supply is also required. It powers the enclosure, the connected drives, and provides up to 15W of power to any downstream Thunderbolt 3 devices.
No and it's not Startech fault. An nvme ssd can easily take up to 10 watts of power. Add to that the power required for the enclosure itself and you will easily bust through the 15 watts limit of Thunderbolt with probably around 45-50 watts needed.
Theoretically, they could make it so it convert power from a tb power delivery port with a conversion circuit but the market would be tiny and the enclosure overly complex.
what is the total capacity is it 4X4 TB
M2E4BTB3 does not include M.2 NVMe drives so the capacity will be dependent on the drives installed. We do not currently offer any drives for it.
Is RAID 5 configurations for IOS supported?
Our 4-bay NVMe M.2 doesn't have a RAID controller, and requires RAID configured via software. iOS doesn't have this functionality.
@@startech Which raid software have you tested, and or recommend for compatibility with multiple OSes?
@@AkaiMiso does not matter. This 4-bay provides raw block devices.
Raw block devices do not care and know about type of data, parity. They are just universal empty boxes for bytes. Whether those bytes got sence or some random stream -- not their level of knowledge and responvibility
On top of that, you choose any software logic to store data using software RAID (or JBOD).
Software RAID solutions require raw block devices (provided any way you can. Physcal block devices, virtual block devices, network block devices (iSCSI/FCP))
All they do is define the way how to split, write and read raw data from bunch of block devices. Benefit here, is that software is much easier to improve, add features, additional logic (determine type of data), fix issues.
Difference between software and hardware RAID is whether OS kernel will be aware of those manipulations and which driver to use. Universal or specific.
For multiple OSes software RAID you are limited to a few solutions that provide drivers for such RAID config. SoftRAID claims driver for Windows and Mac.
In case of hardware raid -- this is not the issue. They work fine with universal drivers.
For both solutions main issue is File System type.
- exFAT should be universal but not elegant.
- NTFS available on Mac as paid 3-rd party driver.
- Apple file systems (AFS, HFS, HFS+) drivers not available in Windows (as I recall).
- Might check on ext4. Mac does have support for it, Windows can use ext4 using WSL.
For Windows there are few options:
- provided with OS "Disk manager"
- 3rd patry tools, like SoftRAID.
For *nix:
- mdadm
- LVM
- FileSystems with RAID functionality, like ZFS
- 3rd party tools
For Mac:
- "Disk Util" provided with OS
- 3rd party apps.
@@startech Is there software that would configure the RAID and allow it to used on a MAC and and iPAD? If so can you mention the name?