I guess im ultimately looking for experiences with the mediasonic probox hf2su3s2, good and bad. The newest official mediasonic drivers contains several important updates that improve security and performance on your pc. The mediasonic probox 8bay jbod enclosure comes in a spartan package with just the bare necessities. Motherboards sata port must support port multiplier in order for your computer to recognize multiple hard drive if this unit is connected via esata. My first issue with this device is the noise, it is unacceptable, what makes it worst is that the manufacturer knows this issue so. I ended up picking the mediasonic probox hf2su3s2 fourbay enclosure.
Well, its not strictly a nas, but for the past few years, ive created my own pseudonas by using two mediasonic proboxs attached via usb3 to my win10 plex server. I bought the mediasonic probox and loaded it up with 4 x 4tb drives. With over 25 years of sound design behind us, its obvious why probox comes out in the lead. Upgrades are frequently released by the manufacture but it only happens when particular model of a phone gets older. I use this raid to store all the media for the current project im working on, while os and programs are stored on a separate hard drive. If anyone is considering purchasing a probox, i suggest looking at other alternatives. Build quality and internals mediasonic probox 8bay 3. Motherboards sata port must support port multiplier in order for your computer to recognize multiple hard drive if the unit is connected via esata. Upgrading to ubuntu 16 and a mediasonic probox hdlsu3. The unit will start to update and when done it will reset itself 8.
This capability will enable the quick transfer of rich media and large digital files between pcs and devices. I initially setup via usb on a windows pc, then moved it to esata on linux debian. Originally i connected it via esata, but the synology could only see 1 of the 4 drives. Each unit is configured with a software raid 5 using mdadm with 4. It can support 8x hdd of different brand and capacity up to 6tb per drive. Mediasonic probox series quick intallation manual pdf download. I have the 4 bay nonraid, hooked up as esata under linux, so i did not use their software or drivers. Turns out thats harder than i thought it would be, so im looking for some advice. Rapid dock 2 smartdock 2 smartdock pro 1 ocho mobile accessory. It can support 8x hdd of different brand and capacity note. Mediasonic hur1su3s2 2 bay smart drive raid hdd enclosure. H82su3s2 supports 8 x sata i ii iii hard drive with usb 3. Mediasonic h82su3s2 probox is a 8 bay enclosure for 3.
Fyi i only used this device over usb, connected to a linux box and holding 3 hard drives on a software raid 5. I went back through this post and didnt see anywhere that the op asked a mediasonic, it was only mentioned by a different poster. Mediasonic probox universal power bank 5200mah battery capacity sanyo battery cell he152u1 mediasonic probox h82su3s2 8 bay external hard drive enclosure usb 3. Linux only seeing one disk of 4disk esata enclosure. Product description mediasonic probox h82su3s2 is a 8 bay 3. External pci express card 7 mediasonic mobile accessory. Probox is designed to free your users, allowing them any time, anywhere file accessing, editing, and organising from any device. Mediasonic h82su3s2 probox 8 bay external hard drive. Summary of contents for mediasonic hf2su2s2 probox. How to download and update mediasonic firmware one of the most popular mobile phones brands on the market are htc phones, therefore when it get dated it is important to know how to update android firmware on htc. I have several mediasonic probox hf2su3s2 with 4 drives all with the. I am getting excellent performance over 120mbsec when copying data to the mediasonic from another older array. The product page does not specifically say it supports linux, so thought i would ask if this does work correctly when plugged into a usb 3.
Exchanging data between your computer and bare sata drives could never be easier. Usb3 on linux has limitations if disks are swapped out, drive assignments can change. Mediasonic forum view topic software raid 5 or 6 on. So if you had one of these laptops or similar and wanted to closely replicate my project before filling the probox with drives, your cash layout as of this. What i decided on is good old linux software raid 1 and the xfs file system.
See ubuntu 16 and a mediasonic probox hdlsu3 for how i ultimately fixed the problem. This case was designed for the mediasonic probox hf2su3s2. Review of the mediasonic pro box 4 bay enclosure almost everyone at one time has run out of harddrive space, some of us will purchase an internal harddrive and continue to add the harddrives to our system until we run out of either sata ports or room in the case. I originally intended to use it on usb3, but i had some trouble with that, so now im trying to use it with esata. Storage mediasonic proraid hur3su3s3 quick installation manual.
Hf7su3s3 supports 4 x sata i ii iii hard drive with usb 3. Creating a nas using a raspberry pi 3 part 1 brians geek blog. About probox about probox probox is the nations leader in automobile subwoofer enclosures and the peoples choice for the ultimate experience in quality workmanship and sound. Mediasonic claims usb incompatibilities are to blame but afaik hasnt provided a list of controllersdriver versions that are known to work.
Other than that, it has never missed a beat whether it was on my nas or on my headless ubuntu 14 linux server. I will be switching to a dell xps workstation i got from dell outlet. I have been using zfs on linux for a few years now and have learned quite a bit. Home linux upgrading to ubuntu 16 and a mediasonic probox hdlsu3. Apr 24, 2016 see ubuntu 16 and a mediasonic probox hdlsu3 for how i ultimately fixed the problem. Browse categories, post your questions, or just chat with other members. If it shuts down by itself for a while, then look into a warranty replacement, it is bad. Im a linux guy, my system is home built with xubuntu and these drives are zfs mirrors. Bluetooth receiver 2 cable 5 camera dvr 3 car accessory 1 probox power bank 8 usb hub charger 7 mediasonic notebook dock.
Mediasonic hf2su3s2 probox is a 4 bay enclosure for 3. The install went well and i got everything reinstalled and setup. Each unit is configured with a software raid 5 using mdadm. Note that this box has no internal raid of any kind. Mediasonic hf2su2s2 probox quick installation manual pdf. The most important aspect of the package is the absence of an. Bonus points for stories on ubuntuish system with zfs. Btw this unit with the mstar 7816 will run linux i. Adding a 4bay mediasonic probox enclosure to my 1815. Find over 30,000 products at your local micro center, including the proraid 4bay raid superspeed usb 3.
Finally, ive tried all the cobbled together solutions over the years. Windows home server forums view topic mediasonic probox. I abuse raid arrays, and im not ashamed to admit it, episode 2. I mounted it as persistent, and the only issue i have is i must remember to power it on when i turn the pc on the mediasonic has a power button, or the os complains it is missing. It is highly recommended that you update your drivers immediately with the driver agent driver update tool. Jul 23, 2014 check out my unboxing of the hf2su3s2 4bay hard drive enclosure with usb 3. My linux machine recognizes all 4 drives no problem and i am using raid5 across my drives. The lights are bright, but i want to see the drives. My current solution had a number of large hard drives in a software raid5. The interface button on the front switches the box between esata and usb.
Check out mediasonic h82su3s2 probox 8 bay external hard drive enclosure with usb 3. Ive heard it said that software development introduces 6 bugs for every 1,000 lines of code. I have plex pointed at it for streaming and it hasnt had any problems. I looked at the mediasonic site, they dont show any downloads, and since it emulates a larger disk, there very well might not be any drivers. It supports 4 hdd of different brand and capacity of hard drive. Check the avs forum for a copy of the original post and some uboot output. Creating a nas using a raspberry pi 3 part 1 brians. Purchased a mediasonic probox hf2su3s2, now have cold. I had added english subtitles for better understanding. I have several mediasonic probox hf2su3s2 with 4 drives all with the same symptoms extremely slow io at best, about 10mbs write. First, since the op was asking about the mediasonic probox, where was that asked about by the op. Mediasonic forum view topic open sourced firmware request. Purchased a basic mediasonic pro box 4 and 2 x 2tb hard drives and connected it via esata to my server accessed my server through a remote desktop connection to initialise and formatt the drives created a robocopy script that copied all my media from the server to the two hard drives.
Old vista laptop into a linux zfs file server freedom penguin. It has a standardsized cooling fan in the back and controls on the front for things like setting the fan speed and so on. Buy mediasonic h82su3s2 probox 8 bay external hard drive enclosure with usb 3. I look forward to getting the mediasonic probox 4 bay as i got a probox 2 port sata 3 pcie 6 gbps card to connect them both to. Media sonic probox 4 bay hdd enclosu nvidia geforce forums. If you dont see the blue software upgrading screen, then format your flash drive into fat32 and try again 9. The mediasonic probox nso1su3 is a onebay hotswap hard drive dock that accepts 2. Linux software raid can do things like convert inplace from a raid1 setup to raid5 with no data loss. I have had a lot of success with software raid over the years, and for my purposes it has been more flexible than a hardware raid system. Mediasonic hf2su3s2 probox 4 bay hard drive enclosure with. Probox allows you to access your content on most windows and mac computers as well as via your iphone, ipad and android mobile devices plus full access from any compatible web browser. Mediasonic firmware full guides for download and update. Windows 10 driver for mapped drive microsoft community. How i resolved working around a kernel bug installing ubuntu 16.
I decided to take the abnormal plunge and install ubuntu 16. Ive also heard that the entire windows os is around 10 million lines of code. Mediasonic probox hp1ss3 2 port esata pci express card offers simple connectivity between a computer and esata iii devices. Linux only seeing one disk of 4disk esata enclosure server fault. Page 1 mediasonic enterprises inc quick installation guide version 1. I am planning on buying the mediasonic hf2su3s2 for using with usb 3. I recently purchased a 4bay enclosure mediasonic probox maybe cheap junk, but should work with 4 2tb disks. Mediasonic proraid 4bay raid superspeed usb micro center.
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