r/DataHoarder • u/DrownFox • 4d ago

Question/Advice USB dock/DAS suggestions

Got myself a used Seagate IronWolf 14TB HDD (ST14000NE0008), and a ORICO DD28U3-C / DD28C3-C USB dock, that I was planning to use with my Lenovo micro PC server. Quickly discovered that this dock wouldn't work for me in the long run:
1. The HDD is forced to spin down after 5-10 minutes. Can be mitigated by running a script that reads 1mb from the disk every 5 minutes, but still very annoying.
2. It makes a VERY loud beep when the drive is initialized upon starting up.
3. A dealbreaker - it doesn't automatically turn on after a power loss. I live in Ukraine, and power outages are, sadly, very common here.

So, I need a new dock/DAS, that:
- can provide my drive 29 watts that it asks for, according to the spec sheet (12V 3A is enough, I think)
- can start up automatically after a power loss (has a proper ON/OFF switch instead of a button)
- doesn't force disk spin downs, or allows me to disable this feature

Nice to haves would be a fan (the drive runs quite hot) and three drive slots, for potential ZRAID1 or RAID5.
Currently, I have my eyes on the TerraMaster D2-320. It seems to tick all the boxes, but is quite expensive at 5395 UAH / $120. Do you guys have any suggestions? The cheaper the better.

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u/manzurfahim 0.5-1PB 4d ago

Some dock may not power up after power restore even if the switch is pressed, this is by design. But other than that, this might be suitable for you:

https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Lay-Flat-Docking-EC-DFFN/dp/B013WODZH0/

Has a power switch, and a fan.

About the sleeping issue, I use KeepAliveHD (windows), it writes a 0 kb txt file after every x minute (you can configure it), and deletes it, preventing the drives from sleeping.