Original Title: Know any GOOD DAS WITH RAID for use with Macbook Pro M1, Mac OS 14 (Sonoma) AND Future OS Updates, With Preferably USB-C or USB 3, from a brand that always keeps up with computer system updates? Thank you.
Edit: Just realised (I think), there are drive enclosures (DAS) which come WITH Hardware RAID right? SO then... I wouldn't need an app / driver at all if I bought one of those? Is that correct? Is Hardware RAID something that happens inside the box/container without the need for software?
2nd Edit: Someone in the comments told me that Apple comes with a RAID functionality inside Disk Utility. So might be using that if I need to.
Hi there I'm brand new to the world of NAS/DAS, and given my current technical hardware limitations, and my home setup (simple tiny flat in Singapore (pretty cramped)), I thought it would be best to minimise wires, connections and headaches (given a young family who shouldn't be allowed to turn off a connection if I'm overseas and need access to my NAS - which can't be guaranteed), to just go for a DAS, for storing my video editing, music editing, and my whole life's work's files - and then do editing for current projects on Portable SSDs. I made the rookie mistake of buying a Macbook Pro with only 256GB of space.
So for a DAS, I managed to find the Orico 3559C3 (from a Singapore online store called Shoppee) which is a nice 5-bay unit which is cool (temperature), doesn't overheat, doesn't make any noise except the hard drive clicking or scrolling sounds (whatever you call those sorry I'm new), and I have 2 12TB Ironwolf drives (can't tell if original or not but seem legit from the registration number but it's only 2 years or something (also from Shoppee), and I've copied ALL my files into the first 12TB drive, and then copied it onto the 2nd 12TB drive as a backup - and might have to do this weekly.
The thing is they sold it as RAID enabled, but the software from their website, only supports up to MacOS 12, and we're currently up to MacOS 14. I asked the seller on the online store if it would run on MacOS Sonoma and they said yes, so I bought it, and after buying it and downloading the drivers/online download they linked me to for RAID, the software says it only supports up to MacOS 12. Their reply is "we're sorry try to use RAID and this on an older computer then".
Good news is they have a good returns and refund policy, so I'm not worried about that, but my question is, have any of you found a DAS that's easy enough to use for newbies, ON the same table as your laptop, preferably with USB C or USB 3 connections, maybe 4 or 5 bays, that can also run RAID and their RAID software keeps up to date with all the new computer operating systems be it Windows/Mac? Like basically a brand that's super up-to-date, all the time basically?
All I need the RAID to do, is I believe RAID 1? Just keep a constant copy of my main drive. That's it. In the future I may get more complicated with the setup on RAID, but for now, all I wanted is a simple copy, but thanks to the software not working on MacOS Sonoma, I have to manually copy weekly, which is what I wanted to prevent, and why I paid slightly higher for this particular model, because it had RAID and the seller said yes to Sonoma.
I have no clue as to what a good brand/model would be, so I'm looking for some help from any of you who have tried and tested using DAS WITH RAID on the most updated computer systems.
Thank you so much for spending your precious time answering in advance. I really appreciate it.
