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Diskless ThunderBolt or USB3 Drive Cases/Bays?

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Johnf1285

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Does anyone have recommendations for a diskless ThunderBolt or USB3 four drive bay? I want to find something that could accomodate about four disks (two depending upon price, since I see that ThunderBolt isn't cheap).

I want to also have the ability to turn certain disks on and off. Does anyone have any first hand experience?

I have looked high and low, so I would like to hear from other forum members.
 
I am interested in this also. I have found a few USB3 options, but all seem to have some shaky reviews or specs. I think I'm just going to go for a single USB3 or NAS solution instead.
 
Yeah a lot of what I see looks cheap. I guess I may have to pay more than I was anticipating. I want something that looks classy next to the iMac.
 
Johnf1285 said:
Does anyone have recommendations for a diskless ThunderBolt or USB3 four drive bay? I want to find something that could accomodate about four disks (two depending upon price, since I see that ThunderBolt isn't cheap).

I want to also have the ability to turn certain disks on and off. Does anyone have any first hand experience?

I have looked high and low, so I would like to hear from other forum members.
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Yes there is a TB | eSATA | USB3.0 - triple interface five drive supports hardware RAID/JBOD
http://www.datoptic.com/ec/thunderbolt-esata-usb3-0-hardware-raid-jbod-driverless.html

Or a simple five drive JBOD USB3.0 is here
http://www.datoptic.com/ec/jbod-raid-data-storage-solutions/desktop/5-6-bay-enclosures.html
 
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Peace said:
I have yet to see anybody sell a TB enclosure without selling included hard drives.
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Drobo sells a 5bay, USB and TB enclosure. $849 empty.


and @Mr. Retrofire, unless they've recently changed the drives to WD Reds, my Thunderbolt Duos have Green Drives.
 
i posted this in another thread, but the short story (for me anyway) is that the cineraid 4-bay usb 3.0/esata enclosure just does not work with OSX. if you check the newegg 1 and 2 egg reviews you will see that other people are reporting the same thing. these enclosures use jmicron usb-sata chipsets. i would not be surprised if every 4-bay usb 3.0 enclosure uses the same chip.
 
Promise Pegasus J4 was just announced as a 4 bay 2.5" TB enclosure. I believe there are two models, one with 4x500GB HDD and one with empty bays.
 
mmomega said:
Drobo sells a 5bay, USB and TB enclosure. $849 empty.


and @Mr. Retrofire, unless they've recently changed the drives to WD Reds, my Thunderbolt Duos have Green Drives.
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$849 empty, I must LOL.

the WD comes with green, not red drives since its fanless.
 
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