I am considering purchasing several items for an external hard drive enclosure solution for my two 2.5" 1TB Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drives to run in RAID 1. I would like to plug these in via USB to my MacBook Air until I build my gaming/productivity PC.
I noticed that on the ICY DOCK full metal 4x2.4 SATA HDD and SSD Hot Swap Tough Armor MB994SK-1B there are SATA and Molex power connectors on the back. Is there any adaptor to plug this into my computer via USB or is this just for PC's?
I also found some other options that are for sure USB powered such as the Syba Dual 2.5" SATA III HD/SSD RAID SY-ENC25024 https://www.amazon.com/Syba-Dual-2-5-Inch-Enclosure-SY-ENC25024/dp/B0081II3FW/ref=sr_1_20?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487824960&sr=1-20&keywords=2.5"+double+drive+enclosure+SATA
This looks like a great option on paper with hardware RAID configurations, but reviews say that RAID 1 is unreliable and years worth of data can be lost. I am wondering if anyone knows if this is a good option?
If not, would I be better off going with a dual 2.5" USB 3.0 External Enclosure from Zagall https://www.amazon.com/DUAL-External-Enclosure-SATA-Drive/dp/B004OU7R7Q ? Also, is this the same thing as this BYTECC BT-M260U3 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817145096 ?
Does anyone know how to configure RAID 1 on Mac OS Sierra? Is it an easy process, or would I be better off getting a physical switch on the external HDD enclosure to control RAID such as on the Syba mentioned above.
Thanks so much,
I know don't know very much about RAID or the proper enclosures or connectors so any help would be greatly appreciated!
I am considering purchasing several items for an external hard drive enclosure solution for my two 2.5" 1TB Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drives to run in RAID 1. I would like to plug these in via USB to my MacBook Air until I build my gaming/productivity PC. I noticed that on the ICY DOCK full metal 4x2.4 SATA HDD and SSD Hot Swap Tough Armor MB994SK-1B there are SATA and Molex power connectors on the back. Is there any adaptor to plug this into my computer via USB or is this just for PC's? I also found some other options that are for sure USB powered such as the Syba Dual 2.5" SATA III HD/SSD RAID SY-ENC25024 https://www.amazon.com/Syba-Dual-2-5-Inch-Enclosure-SY-ENC25024/dp/B0081II3FW/ref=sr_1_20?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487824960&sr=1-20&keywords=2.5"+double+drive+enclosure+SATA This looks like a great option on paper with hardware RAID configurations, but reviews say that RAID 1 is unreliable and years worth of data can be lost. I am wondering if anyone knows if this is a good option? If not, would I be better off going with a dual 2.5" USB 3.0 External Enclosure from Zagall https://www.amazon.com/DUAL-External-Enclosure-SATA-Drive/dp/B004OU7R7Q ? Also, is this the same thing as this BYTECC BT-M260U3 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817145096 ? Does anyone know how to configure RAID 1 on Mac OS Sierra? Is it an easy process, or would I be better off getting a physical switch on the external HDD enclosure to control RAID such as on the Syba mentioned above. Thanks so much, I know don't know very much about RAID or the proper enclosures or connectors so any help would be greatly appreciated!