MAIWO Dual Bay Raid Enclosure for 3.5” SATA HDD, 10Gbps SATA Docking Station with Adajustable Fan, 4 Raid Modes,Type C SATA Enclosure for 44TB Capacity Expansion

Good Product, Good Value, Works Well.

Tenia mis dudas, llego dos días antes de lo mencionado, muy facil de armar, la calidad de producto es muy buena, le instale cuantro discos de 1tb y por medio de de los swiches y siguiendo el manual logrpe tener un raid de 4Tb y ademas muy rápido, el raid lo formaté en exFat y funciona excelente en PA y MAC, sin duda hice una excelente compra y si estoy coiderando en un futuro ardquiri otros.

It works. It has cooling, sufficient for ordinary HDDs, I recommend those with lower RPM. "Works" is an important feature, because many similar devices do not work. While the electronics is somewhat old already, a RAID1 with quite inexpensive HDDs will save you from warring about infrequent, but very unpleasant storage crashes.

The MAIWO 4 Bay RAID Enclosure for 3.5" SATA drives offers impressive performance and functionality once it’s up and running. The build quality is solid, and it has a sleek, professional look. It supports multiple RAID configurations, which is perfect for anyone looking to set up a reliable, high-capacity storage solution. The cooling system works well, keeping the drives at a safe temperature even under heavy load. However, the setup process wasn’t as straightforward as I hoped. The instructions were a bit unclear, and configuring the RAID settings required some extra effort. I found the software a bit tricky to navigate, and it took me longer than expected to get everything properly configured. While the hardware is great once you figure it out, the learning curve could be a bit steep for beginners or those unfamiliar with RAID setups. Once everything was set up, though, the performance was fantastic. Data transfer speeds were fast, and I was able to manage multiple drives with ease. It provides a lot of flexibility and is a solid choice for those who need a reliable storage solution for home or small office use. In conclusion, the MAIWO 4 Bay RAID Enclosure is a great product for anyone in need of a high-performance RAID system. While the setup could use some improvements, the overall functionality and reliability are top-notch once you get through the initial configuration. It’s definitely worth the investment if you’re looking for a sturdy and efficient way to manage multiple hard drives.

I got this for 4x drive RAID-5 and thought the price was amazing for a hardware raid controller and it still is. If you want a hardware RAID-5 and are perfectly fine with being limited to around 200MB/s transfer speed then you'll have no issue with this enclosure. Extra plus if you plan to take advantage of the HDMI interface on the enclosure. I guess some folks use a JBOD as a dock. This being a fancy JBOD with built-in hardware RAID, but with an unfortunate choice of an ancient controller chip. The problem is they built a new product using JMicron JMB393 controller, this chip was released in 2008 and the entire bus speed for all 4x drives will be limited to 3GB/s transfer speed. To be clear, this unit still supports SATA-III (3) drives because all SATA drives are backwards compatible with older SATA revisions. I was fooled by the USB-C interface, I believe the inventors of this device went with a Type-C interface for anyone who wants to connect their monitor through the enclosure... What I can't understand is why build a new product in 2022/2023 (design was likely done last year) and use a chip from 2008. When I first realized I was only getting 200MB/s (and before I saw/realized the specs/limitations on the JMicron controller) I set the jumpers into "Normal" mode and did a transfer test to each drive simultaneously thinking that the RAID-5 calculation was the speed issue... Then I started getting 50MB/s to each drive... I launched the trusty "USB Device Tree Viewer" to confirm I was getting the right speed values and sure enough I was getting "Device Connection Speed : SuperSpeed" which was the maximum speed available for the device. The manufacturer certainly wasn't cheap with cabling, the USB cables provided are of high quality and give a SuperSpeed connection effortlessly. I would also like to state that I purchased several "compatily LX23 40TB (Dual 20TB)" from the same vendor and am happy with that purchase. I'll be reviewing the LX23 40TB separately and will be giving 5 stars.