Mediasonic HF2-SU3S2 Hard Drive Enclosure

[@TechSteve]

Put those old harddrives back to use and install them is this enclosure. It's easy to set up and works well!

[@pacman10182]

can I use my scsi drives?

[@TechSteve]

Sorry it won’t work with that type of hard drive.

[@mqcapps]

Does it auto assign drive letters or do I need windows to do that

[@TechSteve]

It’s auto, sometimes requires a reset on the computer

[@b-gill9224]

Could you review the device? Noise levels, speed test, etc?

[@barrylebert6117]

Thanks' Steve, for sharing that with me peace .

[@thedailyclatter7125]

Now that you've had this device for a while have you experienced any heating issues with your installed hard drives? And if you were to use the eSATA feature does it see all four hard drives like the USB would? Or do you have to purchase it a separate eSATA card to be able to access all the drives? Thanks great video!

[@SPMedia69]

I just ordered one of these and was wondering if it came with a USB 3 cable and if it requires all 4 bays to be filled before use, which wasn’t covered in any of the documentation I’d found for it. You answered my questions. Thank you!

[@techwave870]

thanks man finally someone that unboxes it and does a how to set it up video. wish you would have showed how to do a raid on it but it's all good!

[@cos824]

Just what I need!!!!!!! Excellent

[@gosman949]

There is now a 3.1 Gen 2 output enclosure! How loud is the fan? I will be sitting next to my desktop, which is pretty loud itself.

[@TechSteve]

I have mine in a closet, I think it would be too loud for a desktop.

[@mauricehinton5889]

Is there a way to minimize that buzzing or humming noise when the enclosure is powered on? I thought it was the fan, but it's not.

[@ChoicesHabitsAttitudeLuck]

I wished you have shown the interface and sync button how it works.

[@KafkaesqueRider]

Great video! I'm about to buy this but I was wondering if it could be possible to make an RAID array with this enclosure. Do you know anything about it? Thanks!

[@TechSteve]

I didn’t try

[@bobcastro9386]

I have one of these ProBox 4 drive enclosures and defined a RAID 10 (stripe and mirror) under Mac OS10 for video editing.

[@jamonrye]

can you make this jbod with this model or is it just 4 drives

[@keithrunfola]

Very timely for me. Thanks!

[@SmartComputerTMOsminAltamirano]

why I saw one with Mediasonic ProBox 4 Intel Core i3-4130 / 8GB RAM ! I wonder it has ram or software like mini pc

[@leperlord7078]

i have the 8 bay version i have two 14 TB HDDs in there When i boot the case up it shows 4 spots in windows 10(Odd i have only 2) They show as USB Drive (O)-(R) But none are yet auto detected like you showed DISK management shows them as "Removable" but says "No media" There is no option to initialize these or allocate them.They are not recognized as WD drives,just as a removable drive with no other infos or way to initialize or allocate them Any advice is appreciated i thought this was plug n play The drives BTW work and read in other cases

[@BobRooney290]

nice that it supports up to 16TB of drives...what happens when 20TB comes out? no support? had the same issue with the IVIEW 4 bay enclosure. After I bought it, none of my 4TB drives worked. iview support says too bad so sad, only up to 3TB is supported. I put in 1TB WD green drives, and only one is recognized. I give up. no idea what tot do.

[@hermes3386]

Thanks, Steve, for your explainations !

[@SkyShazad]

Great Video Bro

[@TechSteve]

Thanks 🙏🏾

[@RP3Reviews]

Great video as always!

[@sagarchopra6894]

very useful video thanks for creating a good channel

[@normansilva9527]

Hi Steve ! My Q/A is..... Sorry in advance if you answered this Q/A in your comment section, I use my externals to watch saved Movies and TV shows that I have save over time, I connect the drives in a 4K Media Box wh8ch then is connected to my TV. unfortunately I have to constantly unplug the drives and reconnect other drives that I want to watch, very inconvenient. My Q/A is Will be able to watch my my movie through this Bay? Thx Bud !

[@TechSteve]

I’ve only tried Thumb drives and it works fine but if you have an old computer laying around build a plex server instead www.plex.tv/en-au/media-server-downloads/

[@MustacheVerra]

Fart Line is my favorite show.

[@freddyfredrickson]

Since it has been a year since you did this review, can you tell me if you had any issues with this device? Issues like the drives unmounting? The reason I ask is because I have been seriously thinking about buying this for myself to replace the "My Book Duo" that I have that stopped working.

[@TechSteve]

Nope it’s still working perfect. Just remember it’s not a nas server. I use it for storage on a home windows computer

[@freddyfredrickson]

@@TechSteve Thanks for the info. Yes, I am specifically looking for a DAS and not a NAS.

[@LyRiCss718]

hey steve thanks for the video. I am trying to have the enclosure turn off when my PC shuts down. The blue synch light is on however, it is not shutting down. I have to manually turn the Enclosure off. Any advice?

[@TechSteve]

Nope that’s how it works

[@LyRiCss718]

Synchronization comes in 3 modes： Blue When the PC is off, the device goes off in 15 seconds. Orange When the PC is off, the device goes to sleeping mode. Off Synchronization is off. I will try customer support.

[@bridgeit3129]

Can you make raid 5 with those hdd? and if yes how?

[@TechSteve]

Yes, with your computer. But it complicated so I want go into that but this might help. www.tomshardware.com/news/how-to-set-up-raid-windows-10,36783.html

[@peggyandreason4837]

Most excellent thanks much

[@TechSteve]

You’re welcome

[@thevisi0naryy]

Do you think Mediasonic or Qnap enclosures are more reliable?

[@TechSteve]

Not sure, I still use the Mediasonic that’s in this video and it works well

[@cloud9photography126]

what happens if i plug in hard drive that already has data on iit, will it ask me to format it?

[@TechSteve]

No it will not ask. In some cases you have format for you current os

[@jwbennison]

Can i Switch Each individual Hard Drive On & Off?

[@TechSteve]

Nope, you have to remove

[@mrlongshen]

Hi steve, I plan to buy this hdd enclosure, I want to use on my smart tv, what do you think? It gonna be work or not?

[@TechSteve]

It depends on the tv, but it will detect. If you buy in the store. Load up a thumb drive to check out the interface

[@mrlongshen]

Tech Steve already have the tv. Yeah it can read thumbdrive. I can open photo and video. Before this I try external harddisk and its work. I just scare if using this hdd enclosure the tv cannot read the harddisk.. So it will wasting my money..

[@TechSteve]

I’ll try it on my Samsung later for you.

[@mrlongshen]

Tech Steve ok thanks. Waiting for your response.

[@TechSteve]

I just checked and it’s not going to work. It needs a computer

[@rickhebert110]

Is there a firmware update? I have two unused HDDs in the bay. I plug it and nothing. I have a HP All-in One computer running Windows 10. Don't know what I am doing wrong.

[@TechSteve]

Sounds like you need to format the drives

[@sirbubber]

Do you think that it will works with a NAS server Qnap

[@TechSteve]

I’m pretty sure you need a computer to run. I have mine plugged into a pc server and the pc server is connected to the network.

[@Eisenbison]

This is NOT for NAS, it's just an enclosure.

[@sorav4551]

you havev a firmware update for thiS?

[@TechSteve]

I don’t own anymore,

[@qwertyqart]

how loud is the fan speed?

[@TechSteve]

It’s like a small desktop unless you manually crank it up. I have mine in a storage so I don’t hear it.

[@CyberScott86]

Steve could i use this as a plex server for watching movies?

[@TechSteve]

You can use as storage on a Plex server but not as a stand-alone

[@ig33ku]

Didnt know there was more tech guys on youtube. lol BTW isnt that model like 4 years old already?I saw someone selling one 2nd for 35 bucks but now i see there is no lan connection for NAS. :/

[@myname1]

جيد 👍

[@TechSteve]

👍🏽

[@pacman10182]

I hate that they have to say "suports windows... and mac osx..." when it's a standard USB/sata device

[@kristfur]

Someone needs to do a fan-upgrade video for the Mediasonic 4bay. Their fans are junk, and MediaSonic uses a rare fan size and even rarer pin connector (80x80x20mm 12V 2mm-pitch 2-pin female JST PH-style connector). The factory fan will last about a year, and when they die it's a big SURPRISE when a drive (or more) overheats and dies. The only place you can get a direct replacement is Mediasonic. You have to email them, and ask them to send you a paypal invoice (ridiculous). That is unless someone is good with mods and wants to figure out a better solution.

[@justinnicoflocco2698]

YOU'RE THE FUCKIN MAN THANKS

[@jaridcool]

I'm the newest person on this page to look at his video.... can i gets a thumbs up oh and is this 4bay thingy compatible with 10tb Ironwolf nas drive

[@deweywsu]

Caution: it appears this company is out of business, or at least every page on their website says "Forbidden" for me.

[@cci-online]

This was the worse hundred bucks I ever spent. What a waste of money and time.

[@TechSteve]

I still use it and it works fine for me. You can always refund your money

[@TheWorstGamerr]

@cci-online Why?

[@cci-online]

@@TheWorstGamerr It would only recognize 1 of the 4 identical hard drives I installed.

[@TechSteve]

Normally you have to plug into a computer 1st and format to exFat if the drives aren’t new, i had that issue but i had a sata usb reader

[@BGPROCKS]

What the hell kind of a video was this...I hate saying anything negative about any video, cause I know you put work in, but you totally missed the point of buying an enclosure like this...which is the RAID support for redundancy, etc. I own this device and it is awesome. You need to get better at this if you are serious.

[@bosshog2328]

I don't use RAID so your comment is mute.

[@MrConsoleSpot]

i actually came here to make sure the device didn't require a raid setup.. perfect video for my application that answered my questions about the unit..