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Review on πŸ”’ Cable Matters Dual Bay 2.5 Inch External SSD Enclosure: 10Gbps Aluminum USB C Enclosure with RAID Support - Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 / Thunderbolt 3 Compatible by David Boone

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Good product - yes it's only SSD

I installed it with two Samsung 860 Evo SSDs. It is currently in RAID 0 and is getting around 875MB/s in both reading and writing in the BM. I copied a 675GB folder from another drive at 12:30pm. I haven't decided yet whether I'll live with RAID speeds or play it safe in a BIG configuration. When connected to my iMac Pro, the case is recognized immediately - there are no formatting barriers and no drivers. Since one of my two drives was previously formatted, I had to use a paperclip to press the reset button, which erases both drives and shows them correctly. Installation was easy and no tools were required. The device is powered via a single (short) USB-C cable, and the DIP switches are easily accessible enough, but are on the inside of the case so you can't accidentally change them. It's worth noting that my iMac would force the drive to eject when it went to sleep. It's frustrating, but disabling "Put disks to sleep" in settings fixed it. Everything looks pretty good. It's about the same dark gray color as my Mac, and the blue LEDs don't look at me. However, the FCC's fine print is facing you, and with the cables on the other side, it's impossible to hide them. In the end I forgot he was there. Barring an electronics glitch, I would recommend this unit. It's cheap, easy to set up, and works well.

Pros
  • Worth the money
Cons
  • I don't remember but there was something