Oyen Digital 16TB SSD MiniPro RAID V3 Unboxing Test High Performance Storage

[@robertbarner7626]

Your channel is Top notch. You're doing a great service testing these devices. There's so many channels that are trying to be entertaining and lack the actual straightforward testing and knowledge gathering. Especially because so many channels are geared toward gaming they lack testing or reviews geared towards other computer technology needs. Such as computer hardware for audio recording and composing which is what I do. Thanks so much.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Robert Barner, Welcome! Appreciate Your Comments! Our Goal is to keep it simple and make it work! Details matter! Audio is all about the music! I can relate! Thanks for Watching!

[@hardcore8uk]

I'll give ya a thumbs up before the video starts as i know i'm gonna like it , love your channel, just came across it the other day, brilliant content , my sort a stuff, real PC tech !!!!!

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Hardcore8UK, Welcome! I'm honored! Appreciate Your Comments! Hope this meets Your expectations! We like to keep it simple and make it work if possible! Thanks for Watching!

[@WhiteNinjainblack]

Kudos to you Sir for all the effort put in this video.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi WhiteNinjainblack, Welcome! Thanks for noticing! Actually 2 Videos on this Device. Looks good on paper but does not deliver! Rarely do We comment on products that do not perform. However, a Client asked. Appreciate Your Comments!

[@HAL09000]

Microsoft prefers the exFAT File system for external drives. I learn something new each video it seems. 🙂

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi HAL09000, A Better choice of words would have been, Recommended. NTFS Drives when moved at the least usually requires, Take Ownership. We use to show that at the Live Meetings. I don't know if there's enough Info to make a Video about that Topic. We had setup a Reg file to make that process easy. Maybe a Discussion of Disk Formats History. Appreciate Your Comments! Thanks for Watching!

[@HAL09000]

@@BuildOrBuy Perhaps the effects of sector size and/or TRIM could be included.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi@@HAL09000, Sector size goes more toward RAID. TRIM as it relates to SSDs. Both need more verbiage for an explanation and better understanding. Great idea! Thanks!

[@eprohoda]

duude. Yeah, how breathtaking -

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Prohodaction, Welcome! Thanks, I think!

[@gerald4027]

Always a good review. I was wondering if 4 of these could be ran in raid 10?

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Gerald, Welcome! Interesting Question. Since the Device is Self contained and only supports 2 Drives, there is no way to connect 2 Units together directly as We would through Thunderbolt. This will require Connection through a Computer with Multiple USB-C Ports and using Thunderbolt Ports to have enough USB-C! Configure the Devices for Hardware JBOD. Then using the O/S, Combine Units for Software RAID. Always a way! Maybe not practical but doable! Thanks for Asking!

[@gerald4027]

@@BuildOrBuy Thanks for the reply.I will try once the price lowers with 2 units.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi@@gerald4027, That should be interesting! Keep Us Posted once You try that Configuration!

[@mrfroopy]

Great. but just so you know, you you can Buy 2 of those Samsung drives for 643 each right now new on New Egg and an almost identical enclosure from OWC for 179 totaling 1465 dollars as opposed to almost 1900 dollars for the same thing.. saving over 400 dollars. This would take 15 min to put together.

[@mrfroopy]

And it will probably work much better for RAID 1

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi jason carey,, Welcome! Appreciate Your Comments! The Subscriber/ Client asked Us to look at this Device. Not Our choice. We most always prefer to Build vs Buy. Curious about that Chipset. ASMedia is working with AMD to develop the X670E Chipset. And yet this Chipset does not let SMART Pass through on both Drives in RAID, only JBOD. Most curious. And this was the 2nd one We've examined. The first became a Troubleshooting Video! Thanks for Sharing!

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi@@mrfroopy, We'll make that recommendation! To reiterate, Thanks for Sharing!

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi jason carey, Which OWC model do You have reference to that is Hardware RAID? OWC specializes in their own version of software RAID, OWC SoftRAID.

[@maxhughes5687]

An eight year old OCZ RevoDrive 350 with four 120GB ssd drives in a GEN2 8X PCIe socket clocked 1555/888MB.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Max, Good to hear from You! Hope all is as well as can be! OCZ, that was Our favorite DDR2 RAM. Hard to believe no more OCZ! Products outlasted the company! Thanks for Sharing!

[@maxhughes5687]

@@BuildOrBuy Toshiba made the flash and bought the failed company. Toshiba fixed the firmware on the controller and provided !00% warranty. No questions asked. Air transport to and from Japan and a new device in two weeks. No charge. Toshiba backs their products.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi@@maxhughes5687, Did not realize You had a failed Device. That's amazing support from Toshiba for something built by a company they purchased. Thanks for Sharing! Had to share this with You! FYI! GIGABYTE Unveils AORUS Gen5 AIC Adaptor with 4 Built-in NVMe M.2 Slots | News - GIGABYTE Global www.gigabyte.com/Press/News/2018

[@redslate]

I'm wondering if RAID1 just isn't using both drives' caches. That might explain why the write numbers are substantially lower.

[@LordChariot]

Oyen's CrystalDiskMark screenshots show 32GiB test file size. Also, they are using 2TB drives, not 8TB.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi £ordÇhariot, Yes! Good point! however, that should not have affected Our Results to the degree indicated on Writes. Larger SSD type Drives are denser thus typically faster. Appreciate Your Comments! Thanks for Watching!

[@willcurry6964]

Question: Can you put a 32 TB micron 9400 pro pcie gen4 2.5 inch ssd inside a NUC? Is it possible? I need fast HD with a lot of capacity. Thanks

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Will Curry, Welcome! Interesting Question! 2.5 inch NVMe, Yes. However U.2 vs M.2.

[@slacker9385]

Hi Gill, did you see gigabyte announced a PCI5 quad card? Very interested what speeds it can do.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Slacker Welcome! Yes! Link below! And announced right after the X670E Chipset which does not have enough CPU PCIe Lanes for that AIC! Which means, something else is in the works, for that AIC, that has not been announced as of yet! That's what's really interesting! May be another reason to wait to Build just a bit longer! We watch. We wait! GIGABYTE Unveils AORUS Gen5 AIC Adaptor with 4 Built-in NVMe M.2 Slots | News - GIGABYTE U.S.A. www.gigabyte.com/us/Press/News/2018

[@maxhughes5687]

@@BuildOrBuy Thanks for the link!

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi @@maxhughes5687 Sorry I had not shared that with You yet! Glad Your keeping up! Working on another Video. Would like to include what We know to be true about that card and what's going on with X670E Chipset. Granted it's an Extreme Consumer Desktop Chipset but We have to ponder the implications of both since We know what's required to run a Quad card that most do not yet understand those implications. Perception and Perspective!

[@mqcapps]

Some time ago many of the KZbin influencers said that QLC is no good and that bona fide PC "enthusiasts" only use TLC. When I look at SSD's bigger than 4 TB, they are mostly QLC. Does it really matter if you use QLC versus TLC? Since SSDs are supposed to be nearly eternal compared to an HHD, which they really aren't, is it really a matter of less expensive manufacturing and that kind of thing?

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Mike Quinton, Great Question! As that Question relates to this Device, We want a price performance to match capacity. We want the best value. Note the 2 year Warranty of the Device not 3 or 5 years. As this Question relates to technology in general, if We wanted better We'd all be using OS/2 from IBM. And look what happened when We accepted adequate is good enough. And here We are. Hope that helps! Placed a link in Video Description about 200TB SSDs. Fascinating! Thanks for Commenting and Watching! BTW: Just read an Article about a Samsung M.2 NVMe PCIe failing and procedures Customer was instructed by Samsung to perform to prevent sensitive Data compromise. The point, any Media can fail. Not if, but when. Backblaze keeps the best Data on that Topic now. Better now than what Google use to share. Interesting.

[@mqcapps]

@@BuildOrBuy Yep...saw that; wonder what NSA would do. And Backblaze says SSD eternity is too early to tell... makes sense. How many have reached 5 year warranty sufficiently for us to tell v HHDs

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi@@mqcapps , Good point! I think the Client was in Germany. Yes, very curious since everything is Recorded and Captured.

[@maxhughes5687]

I want new tech faster than I can wear the old storage drives out. MLC is best for the user. SLC is best for servers for speed and life span. TLC is third in line. If your going to replace your GEN4 NVMe drives with GEN5 NVMe drives ASAP is doesn't really matter. The time between new and in the dumpster keeps going down.

[@maxhughes5687]

Buying old tech because my mobo can't use the newest tech storage or ram is something I stopped doing. New tech that's only a minor improvement is another waste of money. A 100% improvement is worth the bucks. If the new GEN PCIe sockets are 10X the bandwidth of any USB port, I'll put my money on a mobo with more cpu lanes to the PCIe sockets.