Mediasonic Probox H82-SU3S2 8-Bay USB3 Hard Drive Enclosure Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips

[@segaboy9894]

It's 2020, and I just bought one of these to expand UNRAID. Through updates, these now support up to 16TB drives.

[@renegade637]

If it's an REV. 03 version, yes. I bought mine back in 2014 or 2015 when they were rated for a lower capacity. Then, when the product page updated, I contacted Mediasonic and they verified which version of the hardware was future ready. So, owning 2 8-bays and 1 4-bay ProBox, I am, theoretically, future proofed up to 320TB (20 x 16TB). On that note, keep an eye on the product page and see if it gets updated for higher capacities.

[@CarlosGomez-co3gu]

thanks bro, am planning to purchase this..

[@aleks-33]

thanks for this, im looking at this and shocked the LTT video about it is so old. Not common that a piece of tech is still good this many years later lol

[@50FILSWILD]

i really like linus .. we never get bored of him . i've watched almost more than 30-40 vids from him in different channels :) sir YOU ARE AWESOME

[@makedonii]

"so why don't we start at the front, since that's a very natural place to start" he says at 3.45 hahaha Linus you are just EPIC!

[@RyanBonomo]

Yay!!! I live in California so now both NCIX and Newegg warehouses are here.

[@NinjaMasterGuy]

What a blast from the past.

[@equallywrong]

Yes, the Mediasonic has port multiplier capabilities. I was referring to motherboards the have built in eSATA on the back panel. Intel motherboards do not support eSATA connections. But, third party manufacturer like Asus, Gigabyte, and others that have additional eSATA connections typically use JMicron controllers. JMicron usually supports port multiplier.

[@diablo1105]

Love the fact that it supports RAID 50 and 3TB HDDs! Want one!

[@newsmansuper2925]

wow just googled this from a 4chan thread about the item, and LTT 12 years ago. 12 years is not that long and he has come so far.

[@equallywrong]

The built-in eSATA on most Intel-branded motherboards do not support port multiplier. Many of the third-party motherboards (i.e. Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, etc.) that use JMicron or some other controller may support port multiplier. 8 out 10 times your going to require a eSATA pci-express card to get port multiplier capabilities.

[@alex801848]

I have the Probox 2.5" hard drive enclosure and it does its job well!

[@JoeTaxpayer]

24TB? Was 3TB the biggest size back then? I've lost track, I only know I stopped buying 3TB some time ago, only buying 8/10TB the last 3 years. This box does work really well. No issues for me.

[@onimushaninjavideos]

Cammera man is professor xavier, he some how communicates to Linus through his mind making no noise.

[@yomimitsune]

For all of those asking about his job: I believe Linus is a Product Manager at NCIX. Research helps, guys and gals.

[@Spartan117FS]

2:51 Linus does the Dramatic chipmunk!

[@kennpami1228]

i miss your outside unboxings :(

[@masterkjn]

hey linus can you do like a bandwidth comparison between the various ports like USB2 , USB 3, esata, sata 2, sata 3 in terms of practical usage rather than the stated bandwidth caps

[@EmoticonMayhem]

@Dmeister406 you can get esata PCIe cards for Macs if you spent £2000 on something that can be built for significantly less

[@racenuke]

This is more in my budget... Thanks :)

[@stan188]

I think what Linus meant was the port multiplier was built into the box? correct me if I'm wrong ... someone...

[@GameGuy901]

The power button icon is like a smiley face with one eye :P

[@TetraSky]

So that pata cable lookalike inside, at the top, of the unit is the cable for everything on the front panel? They could've at least made it black...

[@TheMaristBoy]

Linus, be honest. After you unbox storage related stuff, what do you fill them with? >.<

[@armando92]

its good to know that a HDD Enclosure supports a HDD

[@jediknight73]

this thing is a beast!

[@ergbudster3333]

This is a cool show. It's like watching a rich little nerd guy blow his dough on all kinds of cool stuff.

[@icebreakertech]

Massive box reading skills

[@EFlop002]

@Dmeister406 You made my day.

[@johnkor]

I wonder how much is this beast ? haven't heard this brand before.

[@vastila]

Nobody has 24TB of precious family memories!

[@ShadowwwLFS]

@TalesOfWar you mean FailWire?

[@KieranSulikosky]

Oh camera man, u so good!

[@NotThat3]

@johnkor They post a link of the product in the description. 300$.

[@AgraelDemonLord]

OMG cameraman zoom out a little bit and focus more on things in the Linus hands !

[@DemonLourde]

295.99 + 13.39 shipping i think i'm ordering one tomorrow or 2 or 3 of them :) kick ass looks like

[@Haxpatty]

I got one of these, but I got the higher end model that has a RAID controller build in. for only $49 more it was way worth it.

[@ArnoNoxFordSteyn]

I need one of these ... no Not want NEED ... 28Tb of data needs a new home ... 4 of the Verbatim enclosures died a few weeks ago ... I'm thinking this is a good replacement for the 16 Externals I have

[@dnbmania]

@ReflxStudios He may not reply, he is busy being a legend.

[@ra55575]

LOVING THE MAC BASHERS!

[@AdamGCurtis]

@UWJeremysimpson Just what do you think of the specs, are they good? Good enough to say, run BF3 really well on release and run a few autodesk programs well?

[@MrRoughsex]

@hayharut yeh but the resolution for the camera will be like 30k by 15 k

[@dhkenny2001]

i cant for linus to get that ex-stream buys sliverstone case build

[@SpineShank7]

Man I want this. Too bad I cant afford it right now. 300 for the box and at least 120 per 3tb drive, I still plan on getting something like this at some point :P

[@winsevenholic]

that's cool for back up many laptops or PCs :)

[@Mykehawke]

@hayharut Im sure its gnna be less than 10 years the way things are going now.

[@lottery3000]

good jobs camera man u r awesome

[@Goliath002]

there is something covering on the left side of the eSata port, what is it?? 4:38

[@matthewrs7]

I love his face at 2:51 xD

[@izagury]

Where is the Patriot Javelin S4 review???? :P

[@Ayayron1998]

aaah but the question is... Does it have rage proof durability???

[@klein95cs]

I see several videos lying around the V Formula, if not to use, gives it to me?

[@HEY8461]

@chris1abramczyk I'm running eyefinity @ 5040 x 1050 and when i record game footage using fraps each vid is 1gb per min =)

[@dvu0704]

Guys, if you're planning buy and use this box as RAID-5 with 1 single large volume, this box is not for you. You only can configure RAID-5 with 4 drives max, so if you insert 8 drives and configure it with RAID-5, you will ended up with 2x RAID-5 volumes. The USB-3 performance from this box also slower than my other single USB-3 stand-alone. I did not try eSATA yet and I already stopped using this junk raid box. It's supported up to 8x 6TB drives, maximum capacity per volume is 24TB if you configured it as RAID-0.

[@jmac_au4344]

huh? How is the enclosure limiting you to 4 drives?

[@dvu0704]

The enclosure come with 2x backplane, each connect to 4 drives, that's the limitation, you can't do 1 big raid-5 with 8 drives, if you want to configure it with raid-5, then you would ended up with 2x raid-5. For more info, you would need to call them, they don't public the details about their product online or you can visit their forum her forum.mediasonic.ca/, do your owned research before buy it.

[@SuPKrew]

Great product!

[@FooBar89]

multiplier... you can only see it as one drive right?

[@ReflxStudios]

LINUS WHAT IS YOUR JOB AT NCIX

[@DJackx]

can you make a raidcard vs onboard comparison?

[@vastila]

@undeadassaultman Nomizeis oti m'endiaferei emena oti exeis megali oikogenia? Egw eipa gia 24 TB, oxi 1.

[@Crazymajkys]

This si for "Ultimate" project ?

[@PoisonMako]

i don't really see the point of a lock when the things is so small and easy to pick up... if someone wanted to steal any of your hard drives they could just unplug the thing pick it up and walk off with it and as for opening it it couldn't be that hard to crack open

[@chronofusion]

I miss this intro.

@minttuber Don't worry they'll cut him open and get the keys out.

[@ramir332]

Whats the difference between probox and proraid?

[@MisterNyaah]

Your going to plug the key in?

[@rattletop]

@ReflxStudios something like sales and stuff.

[@TazarZero]

@undeadassaultman 1TB to have all your family members in the photo?!? How 'large' are your family members?! 0.o

[@Reichiruu]

@HEY8461 Thats like normal fraps size... I use 1920x1080. and My files are the same size as yours.

[@zoroastrianmindset]

outspace question if you get a virus or troyan when this thing is plug in do all the Hdd GET INFECTED?

[@Lluminal]

Sooooo...it's $300.00 and it came with no drives at all? If it came with at least 1TB drive, I'd go for it.

[@Crazymajkys]

Should change fans to Arctic F8 TC!

[@CptnCake]

@unokilo321 you asked a question and I answered. My comment still stands.

[@kolton5543]

@xXgoROTinAsack89Xx That's what the kensington lock is for,

[@chronofusion]

@the0movie0maker GOOD question!

[@mrPineapplePower]

@Dmeister406 YAY! its mac compatible! i'll just plug it in to my usb 3.0 port on my hackintosh... or should i use eSATA... hmm...? i can switch because i have both! YAY!

[@johnkor]

Can u do a video on this ? sabastian ?

[@FutbolCBMessi10]

We won't have anymore videos :(. Linus choked on the key... ;X

[@CptAizen]

24 TB of family memories..... suuuuuure ;>

[@concernednewfie]

OMG, I am watching a 10 year old video on a product I might be buying soon in 2022.

[@GAKtion64]

will it work with Windows NT 3.51? or Windows NT 4.0 at least?

[@seansmacintosh]

If that was a drobo, I'd get it! Manufactured and licensed by drobo that is! And he swallowed a key??

[@undeadassaultman]

@TazarZero not large there alot of them

[@Dmeister406]

YAY! It's Mac compatible! I'll just plu it into my USB 3.0 port....oh wait, I don't have one. Ok, I'll just plug it into my eSATA port....oh wait, I don't have one. Ok, I'll just plug it into my Thunderbolt port....oh wait, no one has adopted that. Oh well, guess I'll just settle for 480Mbit/s. Mac's are so cooooool!!!!!

[@MotorsportsX]

how can i use 2 computers hooked up with usb 3.0 to access this thing.. or put it on a network using gigabit. (prefer 3.0)

[@mexicanmanjohn]

@HEY8461 thats normal

[@clickbeast]

funny camera man holds still on the mac icon 2:12

[@kiingkoi]

super speeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad

[@MrACOO]

when is this comeing to europe or sweden, sweden is so Fing slow when it somes to shipement

[@ovaerd]

WHAT IS BEHIND THE FLAP?!

[@lorddread22]

I know this is an older video but is there a way to completely remove the front cover from this 8 bay enclosure?

[@wpgspecb]

Yes,fold it all the way down and pull straight away

[@daqde6bob]

That woud be a great case for HTPC :d

[@123chorry]

@TheMaristBoy recorded TV

[@meaphotographica]

please review drobopro. :D

[@Haxpatty]

You will have to use other hardware to configure the RAID for this HDD External Bay. If you get hte upgraded version, it has a build it RAID controller. You can find that here --> us.ncix.com/products/?sku=62928&vpn=H8R2-SU3S2&manufacture=Mediasonic

[@PhenomQuadcore]

how long is the usb cable of this?

[@GunnzAkimbo2012]

Does 32TB now.

[@DuncanGermPro]

what would you do with 24TB of space?

[@TheMaristBoy]

There must be like 5 boxes of nvidia 3d glasses in the room! GIVEAWAY!

[@TearsOfWar1]

That would be hilarious if the cameraman was an Apple fanboy...

[@HibbanAbdullah]

this is the start of petabyte project

[@boxfabio]

Suuuuuuper Spiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid

[@nikollo94]

@Dmeister406 I think you've just won