Hey,
1] So im looking for preferably free solution that will let me use RAID5 on windows, something like OWC SoftRAID.
2] Is there any Tricks/Hacks how to convert USB HDD to Dynamic? If I do it with SATA and then connect to USB will it work? [Dynamic is the only way to use Windows 11 soft RAID-5]
im using USB enclosures, each enclosure is USB10gbps capable and has 4 HDDs.
I had a huge 12 disk unRAID in that dual PC tall Phanteks PC case, but decided that this extra pc sitting under my table, its size and the lack of ease of use that i need to either keep it always on or turn on when i need it, moved me to dissemble it and buy enclosures, these are small, I have 4 already, i can set each enclosure per topic and use them when i need just that.
I tested Windows Spaces, they work fine on USB, but because i have 4 drives and the stripe for best speed is 3 i get about 38.7Tb from x4 16TB HDDs
these are my Speed with FastCopy: Large 60Gb movie file write 430MBs, Medium file write [audio files folder]: 225MB/s, Small file write [pdf books]: 86mb/s]
read speed is over 500MB/s
if tehre is any software, maybe something open source and free, i rather try that and compare.
tomorrow ill test OWC Demo, see if its faster than windows spaces and everything.
Thanks