So the time came for me to upgrade my hard drive capacity again. Instead of shucking, I opted to buy one of those recertified enterprise drives with a warranty. A 22TB one. After I ordered it, I had a feeling and looked up the current Sabrent 4 bay enclosure I use and sure enough, it said it supports 20tb max for one drive. I started to worry but I searched online and others were saying if a hard drive enclosure supports 14-20 tb, it’ll likely support 22tb if it’s the same type. It’s only an extra 2 tb, it shouldn’t be a problem right? Turns out,it’s a problem. the enclosure isn’t recognizing the hard drive, the hard drive makes noises when inserted and it’s on but it doesn’t register to my computer. So my question is, can someone recommend a solid usb enclosure for me that supports 22tb?

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P.S. the current Sabrent docking station I had was this.

https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-4-Bay-Docking-Station-DS-U3B4/dp/B07H11KXCL/ref=sr_1_3?crid=19HTHWQ82B3M2&keywords=sabrent%2B4%2Bbay%2Benclosure&qid=1698439938&sprefix=sabrent%2B4%2Bbay%2Benclosur%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-3&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc&th=1

  • TangoArtist@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I cannot recommend Sabrent enclosures. I bought a 10-bay and a 5-bay “docking station” with about ten days of each other and at about the 30-day mark they both died within a couple hours of each other. Fortunately, Amazon refunded my money for both of them, even the 10-bay which was 34-days old when it died. Those devices dying, along with 2 USB hubs that were DOA, were enough to sour me on Sabrent for good. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find any other enclosures that will support 20TB drives. I’ve got 9 of them and need to find an enclosure that works. I’m running out of space, quickly. Thinking of buying an 8-bay Mediasonic but it, nominally, only supports 18TB drives. I’m wondering if that’s a hard and fast limit because I have one of their 4-bay enclosures and it seems perfectly happy with 20TB drives. So, the search continues. . .

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    1 year ago

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