StarTech.com Dual-Bay 2.5? to 3.5? SATA Hard Drive Adapter Enclosure with RAID
StarTech.com Dual-Bay 2.5? to 3.5? SATA Hard Drive Adapter Enclosure with RAID
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StarTech.com Dual-Bay 2.5? to 3.5? SATA Hard Drive Adapter Enclosure with RAID

4.5 stars out of 8 reviews
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Key item features

  • Upgrade your system performance by installing two 2.5? SSDs/HDDS in a 3.5" drive bay
  • Features hardware RAID - RAID 0, 1 plus JBOD and spanning to enhance drive performance or add redundancy
  • Installs easily into internal or external 3.5? drive bays
  • Supports SATA I, II and III (up to 6Gbps)
  • TRIM support for stable performance
  • Durable aluminum housing
  • Compatible Drive Types SATA
  • Drive Size 2.5in
  • Supported RAID Modes RAID 0 (Striped Disks) RAID 1 (Mirrored Disks) BIG (Spanning or Concatenation) JBOD - (Just a Bunch of Disks)
  • Maximum Data Transfer Rate 6Gbps
  • Drive Connectors 1 - SATA Data & Power Combo (7+15 pin)
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Mar 26, 2017
_shamca_
5 out of 5 stars review

Perfect for SSD's

I like the idea of getting 2x240Gb SSD's into the one space my Mac Pro had remaining, to use as storage for Lightroom cache & catalog files. Once I loaded up the drive with 2 SSD's, I selected Raid0 (just wanted to stripe together for more capacity) by setting the slider found on the end of the product. The unit claims to be OS independent and when I plugged it into the mac, there was nothing else to do. Apple's Disk Utility recognized it as a single drive and there was no additional configuration to do to accommodate the raid functionality; it's all handled internally by the unit and no software was required. The unit was well made, came with screws and the mounting holes were in standard locations. I was provided this device for review purposes.

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Mar 12, 2017
Macphoto
5 out of 5 stars review

WOW! Awesome item! Couldn't be happier

What a great little product! I have been working with computers for years and this little item was perfect for a project I had. How to get 2 - 2.5 1tb drives into my old Mac Pro. This was perfect! For one thing because it has all the normal 3.5" holes it fits the carriers with ease (this is a problem for Older Mac pro users- we always have to buy expensive adapters) The enclosure gives you the options of Big, Raid 0 , Raid 1, or JOBD. So big is just that one large volume, Raid 0 is a striped raid for fast data access, Raid 1 is a mirrored raid(whats on drive one is on drive 2) and JOBD (just a bunch of drives). Now for my Mac Pro upgrade I used the Raid 0, I was looking for a use of 2 - 1tb 2.5" drives I had and wow..did this work great. put the drives in flip the switch to the appropriate spot and format in Disk Utility and it was ready to go. I decided to use that as a fast boot drive and it did not disappoint. I would love to try this one day with 2 SSD's to see the difference. All I can say is that this device is easy to use. Works as it should! The quality of the build is excellent and I could not be happier. “I received this product in exchange for an unbiased review.”

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Mar 7, 2017
Dwardo_69
5 out of 5 stars review

Works Great!

I had two spare 2.5" hard drives that I pulled from dead laptops and used this enclosure. I put the hard drives into the enclosure, put it into JBOD mode to make the two hard drives act as one big one and installed it into the computer with the supplied mounting screws. After hooking the enclosure up to appropriate ports, I turned the computer on. The Windows OS found the drives quickly and installed the necessary drivers. After I formatted the drives, they were ready to be used. Now I have more storage space on my computer. The enclosure is light but it seems to be made well and sturdy. The access speeds were good and as expected. The supplied mounting screws were a nice touch. The manual was straight forward but it does not mention what each mode does. IE JBOD, Raid 1, Raid 0. Overall, great unit that does what it's meant to do. I received this product in exchange for an unbiased review.

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