That's why I am building my own NAS system from my old Acer AC100. TrueNAS as the OS and away I go. 4 18tb Spinny drives and a 512gb SSD in the PCI-e adapter for OS.
To be fair, you ARE in the Alternatives to Mac hardware section. So the "GET A MOBO" is valid.This is the Apple ecosystem. One does not just "get a motherboard".
I need the speed because I said so, that's why.
It's 2022 and NVMe speeds creep over 6000GBps now, but even Thunderbolt external enclosure speeds seem to be around a sixth to a third at best, why is this ?
I am looking for an external enclosure with multiple lanes for RAID (admittedly, speeds will take a hit), but what is the point with only a third of the potential speed being taken advantage of ?
Amazon reviews complain a lot about random ejecting.I've had this Sabrent EC-T3DN for about a year. I had dual 4TB WD SN700's in there, and now have dual 2TB Sabrent Gen3 drives installed. It's a little hot (~45C) with the two drives in there, so I added an 11mm x 100mm heat sink on top. The power brick is large and clumsy but since it never leaves the shelf on which it's installed, all is well.
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