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Most external USB enclosures I've used run hot, die early and are dog slow...
by yaleman 7y ago
Most external USB enclosures I've used run hot, die early and
are dog slow...
- kingosticks 7y agoI used an aluminium enclosure for a long time and no problems with heat. And perhaps that's why there were also no lifetime issues either. "Dog slow"? Yeh I agree but mine was USB 2.0. It's much less of an argument with USB 3.0 and even less again if you don't need high performance for your use-case (e.g. backups only). So I don't think we have answer yet as to why you wouldn't use USB.
- michaelt 7y agoSo I don't think we have answer yet as to why you wouldn't use USB. The short answer is "USB has a widely known bad reputation" How did that bad reputation arise? A combination of factors: * USB 2.0 * Platforms like Raspberry Pi, where both disk and ethernet are on the same USB link. * Sellers marketing products with the USB link bitrate (5 Gbit/s) rather than the rate of data transfer from the ideal disk. * Embedded platforms that don't have the performance needed to saturate a gigabit ethernet link (or 5 gigabit USB 3 link) * Articles like this, reporting "60-113mbps" without going into enough detail to determine which components are the limiting factors on performance.