StarTech.com 4 Bay Thunderbolt 3 NVMe Enclosure, for M.2 NVMe SSD Drives, 1x DisplayPort Video/ 2X TB3 Downstream Ports, 40Gbps, 72W Power Supply, External Hard Drive Enclosure (M2E4BTB3), Black

Habe das 4-Bay seit einigen Wochen im Dauerbetrieb mit vier 4TB-NVMe (zwei Raids á 8TB). Hält, was es verspricht. Solide Verarbeitung, geringe Wärmeentwicklung. Leistung wie beschrieben. Sehr gutes Preis-Leistungsverhältnis.

I bought this to use as a RAID 1+0 external drive for my Mac Studio M1 Max. The unit itself is well made and very compact, and it's a simple job to install the drives. I used the Apple RAID Assistant to set up RAID 1+0 (a stripe of mirrors) with 4 Crucial P3 Plus 4TB NVMe drives. Read performance was as expected for PCIe 3, around 2,500MB/s but write was disappointing at just over 1,200MB/s. The write and read speeds dropped very quickly after copying around 10GB of video files, only managing sustained speeds of 350MB/s write and 500MB/s read (my G-RAID spinning drives are as fast), turns out it was the Crucial drives at fault, not the enclosure, so DON'T buy or use cheap QLC drives in this enclosure, best with high quality TLC or MLC drives such as the Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus, Samsung 980 Pro or 990 Pro (I know these are all PCIe 4 so the max you will get on PCIe 3 is around 3,000MB/s write / 3,500MB/s read). My biggest issue with the enclosure was the volume randomly unmounting, even during file operations. This was not due to any power management, and the temperature of the individual drives remained well within limits. I tried using a single drive, two drives in RAID 0 and RAID 1, JBOD with all four drives, and even another 1TB drive I had but the unmount issue remained. I believe the one I received must have been faulty as I had a long call with Apple support and we tried everything possible. I have since returned this and replaced it with the OWC Express 4M2 which remains mounted, although the speed is still the same, hence pointing at the Crucial drives which have also been returned. As others have pointed out the fan is very noisy, more a high pitched squeal that becomes quite distracting after a while. But overall it's a well made compact enclosure that should work well but let down by the noisy fan and, in my case, a faulty device.

Er komt veel te veel geluid van de koel fan. Zoveel geluid dat je denkt dat het apparaat gaat opstijgen. Waardeloos.

Adding a photo to reference, but this is the exact form factor as my 16tb seagate external drive, but less than half the hight. On top of that is my OWC 4 bay enclosure, so it's half the length, 3x the height, and about 2x the weight. I loved my OWC for the last 2 yrs, but it;'s bulky as hell, so I went with this StarTech one. The fan is decently loud, but not so bad that your life come crashing down like some reviews make it sound. The StarTech one is even quieter than that. I have it running during zoom calls all day, and never a problem. Maybe if you have a super sensitive mic while recording content it could be a problem... but then just put it under the desk or something. Easy to use. Stays cool. Gives as much performance as the best enclosures. I wish the TB ports were labeled so that you knew which was which... I remember some reviews saying there was a difference in function, but I've not had issue. Pros: - Form Factor. Love how I can just slide it into my laptop bag and go... well, minus the power supply. - Speed. Definitely matched my OWC enclosure, and thats supposed to be the best one out there. - Heat Dissipation. Have not experienced ANY throttling, even after hours of heavy use. You can feel some warmth after that long, but totally expected with that kind of abuse. - Noise. Many complaints about noise, but I just don't see it as that bad at all. Cons: - The daisy chain ports are powered separately, so if you have another drive connected, and eject this one, hear it spin down, and think you can just pull the plug... nope. Remember to eject those first, then pull. - Weight. While MUCH lighter than the alternatives, and it IS VERY sturdy, I wish it were half the weight. But I'm a constant traveler.

Le lecteur monobloc : respire la solidité L'installation des SSD est très simple on dévisse deux vis et on a accès aux connecteurs ! Le cache métallique fait office de pâte thermique bien vu ! le ventilateur n'est pas accessible et on l'entend de façon bien distinct pas forcément très bruyant mais bien présent ! Résultat le boîtier est tiède Les performances quant à elles me chagrine un peu 700Mo/s pour chacun de mes SSD qui dans les boîtiers Erico montaient à 2800Mo/s écriture/lecture ! En "RAID 0" les performances sont bien plus acceptables par contre il faut accepter ou pouvoir faire du RAID 0 là les performances sont bel et bien boostées 1600/2480 en écriture lecture ! Au départ j'avais fait 3+1 à savoir 3 SSD en raid 0 et un en solo histoire d'avoir 2 disques mais je ne montais qu'à 1200Mo/s en écriture je me suis donc résolu à mettre mes 4 SSD en RAID 0 au lieu de 3 là les performances ont été améliorées !!! Conclusion : Si vous pouvez vous permettre de faire un seul lecteur en RAID 0 au lieu de 4 les vitesses d'écriture/lecture sont bonnes voire proche des performance d'un SSD en solo avec les performances digne du Thunderbolt sinon vous allez faire la grimace 700Mo c'est bien mais ce n'est pas digne du thunderbolt surtout si vos SSD tourne à 3500Mo/s là cela risque de ne pas vous plaire ! A vous de voire si l'option RAID 0 est envisageable pour vous ou pas avec un disque de 16 To au lieu de 4To x 4