Vantec Nexstar GX USB 3.0 Dual 2.5" SATA SSD/HDD RAID Enclosure, Black (NST-272S3-BK)

I connected 2 ssd drives, different sizes and they went in easily. Connected them to my smart TV, worked first-time! I'd worried about if they needed a power supply. It came with a US style 2 prong mains plug. Useless in the UK, I'd need an adaptor. But the tv's USB socket is powered so no need for an external power supply after all. Great! Super! This cheap setup replaces a non-functioning £200 media box connected to my TV. Very happy customer. Don't use the RAID facility.

This device works as it should and it's good value for money when compared tp similar products. However, bad design faults always annoy me because somebody didn't think about how this was gonna be used. For some reason, they put the drive activity lights on the back of the unit and conseqently, they cannot be viewed unless you pick up the item and turn it around. It's why it only got 4 stars from me.

Jobs or Raid 1 or Raid 0, they all work perfectly! Easy to install, I put 2 500gb drives and am currently using them as Raid0, very fast drive...

I bought this to mount 2 X SSDs for a NAS based on the Raspberry Pi 4.Very handy for keeping the drives in one enclosure.The pre-drilled screw holes make it easy to mount in a standard 3.5" drive rack, or mount to other types of frames.

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This is a solid built compact raid enclosure . It was easy to assemble . I bought this to make an external drive for my Xbox series X using two 1 TB SSD's. It did take a bit to get it to work but since then it has been issue free. In order to make it work you need to configure it on a PC before attaching to the console. First and most important only plug into the motherboard not a case USB or USB hub( this was 90% of my issues it would recognize the drive and then randomly disconnect ,as soon as I tried using mobo USB no issues) second ...most drives are not formatted out of the box .If you do not have the ability to initialize before installing into the case ,install one and initialize and remove it and do the second ,then remove from USB and install both drives and reconnect and it should work from there . It took a bit to figure it out but was worth it two 1tb SSD's striping are a must for the Xbox series x .I transferred a 133 gb game in about 6 minutes where it would take 20+ on a conventional and about 5 mins between the internal and additional storage on the console...it's a must have if you as me.Now if you don't use the console for a week or so it will turn off the drive and you will need to plug and unplug it to turn back on,and as far as being used on the console the power cord is optional as the USB will power it.

Works great but you can't just throw two drives in this and expect it to do the rest. Both drives must be formatted BEFORE installing in the enclosure and both drives must match if you wish to use RAID 0. I actually formatted one and forgot to format the other and the formatted one showed up while the other didn't.Solid performance in RAID 0 with two 256GB SSDs. Getting approx 400mb/s read and write.The enclosure is decent aesthetically. I believe it's aluminum and is about the size of a 3.5" HDD.Hopefully it holds up over the long term.