Dual Bay Hard Drive RAID Enclosure with Cooling Fan for 2.5/3.5" SATA HDD/SSD with USB A/C 3.0 Cable, 3.5 Hard Drive Enclosure Support 40TB,4 RAID Modes,Tool-Free HDD Enclosure

I take a lot of photos and was looking for a large storage unit to save them in instead of multiple jump drives. This has a spot for 2 hard drives I started off with only 1 20TB hard drive. It is working well for me.

I'm pleasantly surprised with the build quality on this, knowing how much sellers on Amazon love to upcharge even the most cheaply built products. The aluminum housing feels sturdy, and the feet on it are super grippy and adequately prevent the bay from vibrating around when the drives are spinning. The indicator lights are an odd choice, as a red light just means the drive is spinning and not necessarily that something is wrong. The fan is not super loud.I immediately switched the unit to RAID 1 and tossed in two WD Red Plus 10TB drives; within 30 seconds of power on and USB connection the drives were showing as one volume within Disk Management. The data transfer speed is as-advertised, and I appreciate the USB-C to -A adapter they stuck on the end of the included cable. I will update this review in the future if I encounter problems, but so far so good. I hear you can get these even cheaper on Ebay from time to time. :)

I only turned this on about twice a month, to backup files. After about six months, had same issue as other reviewers. The original files/folders became inaccessible. So I decided to reboot and after the reboot the drives no longer formatted, showing as RAW. I had two 16TB drives with about 75% full. I want to vomit. Wish I heeded the warnings of the other 1 star reviews.*********IMPORTANT UPDATE************ Crazy how Amazon automatically "striked-through" my review directly to the seller after they randomly refunded me without message. I am leaving this message on this product page to help whomever I can. When I try to leave a review on another product from the seller, it literally states that I can not, because this seller/brand currently has an unusual amount of negative reviews and only verified purchasers can leave reviews. Please keep that in mind when reading the rest of this.Just making sure that everyone knows that this HDD Enclosure WILL eventually remove the partition/formatting of your hdd's. After it happening to me, months after the return window expired, I left a negative review about it, reported Cenmate to the Attorney General and Federal Trade Commission (even though they are not US based, but Amazon is), due to continuing to sell this product, even though they know about the severity of the defect. I messaged them directly asking them why they would knowingly jeopardize consumer's valuable information. When it comes to HDD/Storage, deleting all info can be absolutely devastating and almost always cause significant financial losses.A few hours after the message, I was just randomly provided credit, with no other message, confirming that they know about the issue and are still knowingly selling a product that destroys valuable data. I am expecting not only the recovery software to be reimbursed, but the HDD's as well, as there is no way of telling if permanent damage has been done to my drives.If you had same issue, please make sure to report to Attorney General and Federal Trade Commission.

Received in July 2024. Put in 2 drives and made sure the enclosure worked. I didn't verify that the fan was working (my fault). Didn't use it much until today. The two drives got so hot that I couldn't touch them. I don't know if the fan ever worked, but it surely does not work now. Too late for Amazon return. I emailed Cenmate, but I don't what they can or will do. I was planning on using this for my media storage. I'm not sure I can trust it. I guess we never learn - "Check things out while you can still return it". I don't want to blow things out of proportion, but I don't think I can recommend this product .Edited 12/16/2024.Company responded quickly and issued a full refund. Not every item will be perfect but when the company puts the customer first I can buy from them again. I do recommend this company.