Orico or Yottamaster?

[skaertus]

I am searching for a DAS solution to replace my 14 TB external HDD. I currently have a dual setup with an M4 Mac mini and a Dell XPS desktop both sharing a 5K monitor and the same Logitech mouse and keyboard. The DAS will provide a lot of storage for all my needs.

I am trying to decide between these two options (please note that, as I live in Brazil, options here are very limited):

• Orico DS500-C3: It supports up to 5 HDDs (90 TB total). It is easy to insert the HDDs, with no need of screws (which is a big plus for me). However, it does not support RAID. It has a transfer speed of 5 Gb/s. It is cheaper.
• Yottamaster Y-Focus FS5C3: It supports up to 5 HDDs (90 TB total). The installation of HDDs require screwing. It supports RAID and has a transfer speed of 10 Gb/s. Also, it looks more robust and seems to have better cooling. But it is more expensive.

Which should I go with? Any experience with them? Will I notice the speed difference?

 

[PaulD-UK]

OK, firstly Yottamaster USB-C drives don't support hardware RAID, only using MacOS software RAID modes.
Only their USB-A USB 3.0 enclosures do hardware RAID.

Secondly, they both use JMicron chipsets, and these a known to have disconnection problems when connected to Macs.
However there is a workaround to improve stability, and that is to connect a Thunderbolt 3 dock to the Mac, and connect the USB enclosures to the dock.

If you are sharing the disks with Windows, then running ex-FAT or another Windows format is generally not a good idea if the drives are connected to the Mac permanently.
It's better to use HFS+ for drives connected to a Mac, and only use exFat when you need to transfer files to a Windows PC.