From: jerryab@juno.com   
      
   On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:26:32 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen   
    wrote:   
      
   >Any experience and recommendations?   
      
   I am using a pair of Sabrent 4-drive external USB boxes.   
      
   Well made, quiet, and have front loading of each drive in its own bay.   
   I use 4TB and 16TB drives. All run in the 35-39 degree C range, so no   
   issues. I use HD Sentinel software to monitor hard drives.   
   Recommended.   
      
   I like the 4-bay because they have an EXTERNAL power supply. Been   
   using external 4-bay boxes for 20+ yrs. Gave up on most as they all   
   had an internal power supply that would die--and the only replacement   
   source was to buy from China--until the cost of swapping the power   
   supply became stupidly expensive.   
      
   New, much larger capacity drives coming, so there will be changes in   
   data transfer speeds (i.e. to make back-ups, etc). Can't say how this   
   will impact the need to replace boxes/cables due to those changes.   
      
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