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DominusOfMegadeus to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 7 months ago

Best powered USB hub for my 6 or 7 USB 3.0 HDD media library drives with either an M2 Mac mini or a new M4 mini?

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Best powered USB hub for my 6 or 7 USB 3.0 HDD media library drives with either an M2 Mac mini or a new M4 mini?

DominusOfMegadeus to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 7 months ago
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/28533916

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  • BlackEco
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    3•7 months ago

    My main advice would be to get multiple hubs, because your 6 drives would share the same bandwidth. Also hubs with more than 4 ports are in fact multiple hubs chained together because most chips in hubs handle 4 devices at most. So it would be better to spread your drives on as much USB ports as possible.

    • @tobogganablaze@lemmus.org
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      2•7 months ago

      USB 3.0 speed is around 50x faster than the read/write speed of the HDDs, so it’s not an issue.

    • DominusOfMegadeusOP
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      1•7 months ago

      OK, what would you suggest?

  • @tobogganablaze@lemmus.org
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    7 months ago

    I got this one:

    https://www.kensington.com/p/products/device-docking-connectivity-products/usb-connectivity/uh7000c-usb-3.0-7-port-hub-charging-K39123AM-SP/

    • a usb-c to micro b-ss cable so I can directly plug it into an usb-c port (it ships with an usb-A connector only).

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