QNAP TR-004 4 Bay USB Type-C Direct Attached Storage (DAS) with hardware RAID (Diskless)

Easy to setup. Speed is like a normal hard drive and I have it connected via usbc to my Mac Mini 4 as a shared drive on a 2.5Gbit lan. Not that noisy. I like that fact it is a standalone RAID 5 not dependant on the host machine. For editing I copy the files from the archive first to an SSD or across the network to my laptop. 1GB video takes about 8 seconds to copy across.

This product gives you the best of both words. Right now I am using a couple of old disk from my old desktop and fast extra storage for my laptop when I dock it. In the future I can use it if I every need to add extra disks to my QNAP NAS, which is media server for the whole house.

Be warned that this product does NOT ship with a UK plug !!!!!!!

it's rather slow, great for backup but if you want to use it as some media center storage it's probably better to look for something with better connectivity - it has only 5Gbps single interface. One big disappointment is if you want to expand for instance 3 disk RAID 5 setup to 4 disks it has to be rebuild completely from scratch which means you need to store content somewhere else, add disk and rebuild then copy back. Apart of that it's quite solid piece of hardware.

Very easy to install hard drives, simple to set up as a RAID 5 storage on a Lenovo ThinkStation (Windows 11) with four WD Red Pro 18TB HDDs. USB interface.

Funciona perfectamente, plug & play. Muy recomendable para ampliar almacenamiento.

Setting up is a breeze, using the clips to secure the hard disks to the trays. The fan is also quiet while doing its job. A small detail I appreciate is the inclusion of a cable clip for the USB wire to avoid pulling out of cable by accident or unnecessary stress on the port due to cable weight. The LEDs are also dimmed, but bright enough to see. Does not annoy people like other brands of enclosure that uses super bright LEDs. I join the long list of other users wishing for a way to disable the startup diagnostic beeps. This is perhaps the only ‘on the fence’ point I can think of. Other than that. It works well and looks nice.

Stable USB C RAID box that works well, stable, decent speed backups, fan is a bit noisy, all drives attach without screws and doors can be locked. Dip switches to change RAID options. Thumbs up.

Ottimo extender per HHD e SSD...unico collegamento usb per la gestione fino a 4 dischi...io mi trovo benissimo. Al posto di dover gestire singoli HDD ognuno con i proprio cavi, utilizzo un unico cavo usb e un solo cavo per corrente. La gestione è abbastanza pratica con il software. OTTIMO!