tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340722221916885084.post5621173722946200153..comments2023-11-08T03:41:09.236-05:00Comments on Mike Tomei's Blog: Mediasonic ProRAID HFR2-SU3S2 reviewMike Tomeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844013147924820036noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340722221916885084.post-16633176273108650402014-12-25T00:32:09.152-05:002014-12-25T00:32:09.152-05:00USB 3.0 reliability on this is terrible. On numero...USB 3.0 reliability on this is terrible. On numerous systems, and with two different USB 3.0 cables, it drops out consistently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340722221916885084.post-15202308740711109632014-12-13T19:28:21.642-05:002014-12-13T19:28:21.642-05:00Just picked up one of these. Very easy setup righ...Just picked up one of these. Very easy setup right out of the box. Put in 4x3TB WD Red drives. Came right up on esata. Speeds were good. Switched to usb 3, and the speeds were ok-but not USB3 speeds. USB2 worked ok as well. Back to esata I went. Also, I found this on their forum: http://forum.mediasonic.ca/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=979. Installed the software, and now I can also monitor the individual disk S.M.A.R.T. status and get alerted if a drive fails. Since this thing is on my server in the basement, I don't ever watch it, and wouldn't know if one died or not. So far, so good. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340722221916885084.post-32513462385716526382012-07-25T06:55:57.953-04:002012-07-25T06:55:57.953-04:00Thanks for the review. This is one of the two har...Thanks for the review. This is one of the two hardware RAID enclosures I'm looking to buy soon. Your review ended up providing more pertinent empirical data than even an Anandtech review. As for why USB 3.0 speeds are slower than eSATA speeds? IIRC, that is to be expected. Over eSATA you weren't close to exceeding the max bandwidth provided by the SATA II port. Therefore, there is no real-world benefit to the additional theoretical bandwidth provided by USB3.0. Over eSATA, though, everything is native SATA commands. Over USB3.0 signal translation has to be done. The signal translation adds overhead, which makes the USB3.0 speeds slightly slower than the eSATA speeds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340722221916885084.post-7632612353727425652012-07-22T12:28:40.864-04:002012-07-22T12:28:40.864-04:00Very informative review, thank you.Very informative review, thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340722221916885084.post-82461982086691567872012-04-14T15:58:01.275-04:002012-04-14T15:58:01.275-04:00Thank you for the effort on your review and testin...Thank you for the effort on your review and testing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340722221916885084.post-44202266898009956032012-02-01T13:03:03.028-05:002012-02-01T13:03:03.028-05:00Great review. Been looking at a cheap(ish) USB 3 d...Great review. Been looking at a cheap(ish) USB 3 device like this. Thanks again!Terryhttp://www.powpowpictures.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340722221916885084.post-60849219562323829752012-01-29T20:51:53.344-05:002012-01-29T20:51:53.344-05:00Thanks for the review, very detailed. I'm cons...Thanks for the review, very detailed. I'm considering this item myself but I'd like to ask how is it holding up so far (~8 months later)?<br /><br />cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340722221916885084.post-35757375816280744722011-07-22T14:02:02.302-04:002011-07-22T14:02:02.302-04:00Thanks for your comment! All four of the drives I...Thanks for your comment! All four of the drives I used in the RAID are 1TB, 7200 RPM, 32MB cache, SATA 3.0Gb/s drives. A mix of Hitachi and Seagate, but both have the same specs. No "green" drives were used. Here's some links to the drives:<br />http://bit.ly/7zKJ57<br />http://bit.ly/dLdWy<br /><br />How do my read and write speeds compare to yours?Mike Tomeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844013147924820036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340722221916885084.post-74032538709881159232011-07-18T20:57:26.981-04:002011-07-18T20:57:26.981-04:00Very informative. Appreciate the review. I ahve on...Very informative. Appreciate the review. I ahve on myself and just wanted to see what others were getting performance wise. What kind of drives were you using?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com