From: Zaidy036@air.isp.spam
On 2/21/2026 10:47 AM, Lars Poulsen wrote:
> On 2026-02-21, Java Jive wrote:
>> However, perhaps in my OP I should have remarked that I rarely try to
>> use it by say, putting in a couple of disks and pressing the copy button
>> to backup one to the other, despite the markings on the casing there's
>> too much possibility of putting the disks in the wrong way round - I
>> always want visual assurance on screen that I am in complete control of
>> what is happening and what is happening is what I intended to happen.
>>
>> More generally, in the end, you have to buy *something* to fill a need.
>> My needs being simply for the occasional copying of disks or partitions,
>> I went cheap in buying the above unit, but I have other units such as
>> NASs fulfilling a different need where I deliberately went towards the
>> more expensive end of the spectrum to get the reliability I wanted.
>> Your need is most probably somewhere in between, and you should be
>> prepared to pay commensurately.
>
> I agree that the offline copy function is very scary, and I'd rather not
> even have it.
>
> My need is for expanding my storage beyond the bays in the primary
> mini-tower, with reliable storage, for largish media files, and
> re-using drives that have some lifetime left in them.
>
> I am quite willing to pay good money for good quality, but it
> looks increasingly like there just is not any in the market,
> which surprises me. Even the enclosures that Seagate uses for
> their external backup drives seem to have bugs that have caused
> Linux to downgrade them from "SATA pass-through mode" to "basic
> USB mass storage mode". You see can that by SMART commands being
> blocked.
not an enclosure but no problems after 2 years+
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