I was thinking on buying a 2-4 bay HDD powered enclosure as a NAS for my mini pc, since I already have that, and buying or building a full-fledged diy NAS seems a bit expensive.

I want to hear some opinions from you guys, since it seems using this method is a mixed area from the selfhosted pros. I would be hoping that by using a powered enclosure, that would alleviate or solve the USB port overcharging issue, which have appeared in my mini pc when trying out an external HDD with a normal sata to usb converter.

Did you have any experiences with a setup like this one?

  • nis@feddit.dkEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    I was very intrigued until they wanted my email before showing me the “Quick Installation Guide”.

        • frazorth@feddit.ukEnglish
          2·
          46 minutes ago

          That’s weird that there are several ways to get access to the Quick Guides, and some seem to want an email.

          However it doesn’t use it and takes junk (I just used a@b.com which was accepted), but sad that the form you found needed it.

          But to answer your question, no I missed that link and went to “downloads” which also has the guide but doesn’t appear to require any email.

          • nis@feddit.dkEnglish
            1·
            11 minutes ago

            Great, was starting to wonder if I was being singled out and they just wanted my email 😀

            I still don’t understand why they have that form at all.

      • frazorth@feddit.ukEnglish
        2·
        8 hours ago

        I just did a websearch and first result was a download link on their US website too which didn’t require registration.

        There seems to be a lot of nonsense on here.