{"id":31572,"date":"2021-02-05T16:19:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T21:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=31572"},"modified":"2021-02-05T16:19:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T21:19:06","slug":"yottamaster-4-bay-hard-drive-enclosure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/05\/yottamaster-4-bay-hard-drive-enclosure\/","title":{"rendered":"Yottamaster 4-Bay Hard Drive Enclosure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyler Hall<\/a>:<\/p>\n

But it always drove me crazy giving up USB ports for multiple drives. And especially the awfulness of giant power bricks and their cables. I have no idea why I never thought to look for something like this before, but that silver box is perfect for my needs<\/a> (non-affiliate link<\/a>).<\/p>

It’s just a hard drive enclosure with four bays. But it’s not<\/em> RAID or anything fancy like that. It’s a single power cable and a single USB cable. But each drive mounts individually on my Mac as if they were all plugged in separately. I don’t want the overhead of dealing with a RAID array. I’m perfectly content spanning my data across multiple drives myself, so this is a terrific and inexpensive solution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s $100 for the USB 3.0 version or $170 for the USB 3.1 version. There’s a fan, but it’s “silent.” Reviews mention the lack of a hard power switch.<\/p>\n\n

See also:<\/p>\n