I was thinking on buying a 2-4 bay HDD powered enclosure as a NAS for my mini pc, since I already have that, and buying or building a full-fledged diy NAS seems a bit expensive.

I want to hear some opinions from you guys, since it seems using this method is a mixed area from the selfhosted pros. I would be hoping that by using a powered enclosure, that would alleviate or solve the USB port overcharging issue, which have appeared in my mini pc when trying out an external HDD with a normal sata to usb converter.

Did you have any experiences with a setup like this one?

  • frazorthEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    This is completely untrue.

    You can get plently of performant arrays over USB. You do know how much USB 3.1 or 4 can transmit?

    Enclosures often don’t cool as well so heat may degrade your disks faster as well.

    DAS enclosures can do a great job of cooling by separating and not sharing the air inside a single case.