Hey all, after a wee bit of hardware advice of poss?
After 18 years of Mac ownership (mainly mac pro) I finally gave up waiting for something good for me from Apple last year and built a PC workstation. Little did I know that they were going to come out with laptops that could handle my workload better than my brand new 12 core edit station.... So, having not loved my time with windows and very much tempted my the 14 inch MBP with it's insane power/w and general optimisations I've gone and bought one!
This will be my only computer, and so far I'm running:
The 14" MBP on a curve stand
Caldigit TS3+ Dock
My 2* 4K 32 inch monitors
A Sabrent TB3 NNME enclosure with my edit SSD in it - this comes with me when i work on the go
The only bit of the puzzle left, before I can sell the workstation is what to do with my 2 spinning HDs and my 2 SATA SSDs. All I need is JBOD direct access to them at full speed.
I would just get one of a number of cheapish 4 bay DAS and be done, but they are pretty much all USB3 5Gbps. I now this is more than enough for the spinning drives, but won't it bottleneck the SSDs, especially if I'm copying form one to the other?
There are a few USB3.2 units out there. One from Sabrent:
and one from Yottamaster:
They both seem to have patchy reviews though! What do you all reckon, am i overthinking it, should I just grab a USB3.0 one and it'll be fine?
After 18 years of Mac ownership (mainly mac pro) I finally gave up waiting for something good for me from Apple last year and built a PC workstation. Little did I know that they were going to come out with laptops that could handle my workload better than my brand new 12 core edit station.... So, having not loved my time with windows and very much tempted my the 14 inch MBP with it's insane power/w and general optimisations I've gone and bought one!
This will be my only computer, and so far I'm running:
The 14" MBP on a curve stand
Caldigit TS3+ Dock
My 2* 4K 32 inch monitors
A Sabrent TB3 NNME enclosure with my edit SSD in it - this comes with me when i work on the go
The only bit of the puzzle left, before I can sell the workstation is what to do with my 2 spinning HDs and my 2 SATA SSDs. All I need is JBOD direct access to them at full speed.
I would just get one of a number of cheapish 4 bay DAS and be done, but they are pretty much all USB3 5Gbps. I now this is more than enough for the spinning drives, but won't it bottleneck the SSDs, especially if I'm copying form one to the other?
There are a few USB3.2 units out there. One from Sabrent:
SABRENT Hard Drive Docking Station, 4 Bay SSD HDD 2.5 3.5 Inch SATA USB Dock, External SSD Enclosure, Offline Cloning, ON/OFF Switches, Tool-Free, USB Cables Type A & C Included
The Sabrent USB 3.2 4-Bay 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Tray-less Docking Station (DS-SC4B) is the PERFECT solution for all you docking needs! FEATURES • USB 3.2 Type-C port with up to 10Gbps transfer speed. • 4 x SATA 6Gbit/s 3.5" hard-drive bays. • High-quality aluminum for optimal heat dissipation and ...
www.amazon.co.uk
and one from Yottamaster:
Yottamaster USB-C 4 Bay Hard Drive Enclosure with Daisy Chain, 10Gbps External HDD Enclosure for SATA 2.5"/3.5" Drive, Support 4x18TB & USB C Chain 2 More Enclosures-[FS4C3]
Yottamaster USB-C 4 Bay Hard Drive Enclosure with Daisy Chain, 10Gbps External HDD Enclosure for SATA 2.5"/3.5" Drive, Support 4x18TB & USB C Chain 2 More Enclosures-[FS4C3]
www.amazon.co.uk
They both seem to have patchy reviews though! What do you all reckon, am i overthinking it, should I just grab a USB3.0 one and it'll be fine?