From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-23 05:11, Paul wrote:   
   > When you connect 3.5" drives in their own wall-powered enclosures,   
   > those don't draw hub current, so an unpowered hub works just as   
   > well as a powered hub for that case.   
   >   
   > That would be one reason for me recommending the "larger enclosures"   
   > -- they tend to be self-contained solutions. And if they have a   
   > fan ? You're laughing.   
      
   They have their own troubles.   
      
   I have two Yottamaster bay, 5 slots each, implementing an 8 disk   
   software raid 6 array (the extra slot is for the hot spare).   
      
     * The firmware sends the disks to sleep at 10 minutes.   
     * A box can suddenly go away for an instant, destroying the array,   
   needing manual action to recover.   
     * All the disks get almost the same name, depending on what type of   
   name you choose (Linux). It is difficult to make sure which hard disk of   
   the lot one is accessing.   
     * Insert or remove one disk, there is a reset and name change of all   
   the disks.   
     * It has a fan, but it is not enough. I had to piggyback an external fan.   
     * It is slow.   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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