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Pros
I usually buy versions that have a pull out tray, but this one was on sale and gave it as a gift to my dad. Installing the (not included) hard drives was a breeze. Formatting with mac os was also quick and easy. Para su precio es un buen producto, lo ... Read More
Works with high capacity drives (14tb tested) can use shucked drives, don't need to worry about the 3. Mm fan. Well constructed keeps my 8tb drives cool. Fan is a little louder than expected. But it’s not a huge deal and not a deal breaker by any mean... Read More
Most usb items are enclosures so it was really interesting to see one that could do raid5. It's like 60-90 seconds per port to scan the drive, and once all drives are scanned then they'll finally show up.
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Quality
I am very happy with this purchase that i even brought another unit
This review is for the orico ws500ru3 5bay raid enclosure
Get all 4 screws started before tightening them all the way to help get past this the weak screw heads can be a problem with th... Read More
Packaging/appearance
I took my 5 wd 140emfz drives from the yottamaster which i had formatted as a raid 5 array and put them into the orico enclosur... Read More
Competitiveness
Speed is what you would expect from a usb3 connected device and obviously depends on how fast a drive you put in the slot
The two orico units will look good stacked on top of each other
Im using several other orico enclosures without issue besides the extended boot times in latter products
I currently have a mediasonic hfr2su3s2 raid enclosure with 4 drives
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- This product had a total of 94 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 7 2023.
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Also it is a bit on the slow side for usb3 regardless of raid level setting as mentioned by another reviewer
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Instructions completely suck in case you care
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Get all 4 screws started before tightening them all the way to help get past this the weak screw heads can be a problem with the added resistance
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I was not able to get ms windows 10 to mirror the drives as each is looked at being standalone
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I ended up making a diy bay for my external drives to have everything all in one place but that still didn’t resolve the plugs and usb wires all over the place
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