I currently have a OWC ThunderBay 4 with Thunderbolt 2 I’ve had for years and it’s been fairly rock solid in a JBOD config using with plex and general photo/music storage. It’s connected directly to a Mac mini that we use for everyday use (not a dedicated plex server). With backblaze, the entire thing is backed up to the cloud.
When I started ripping 4k’s for plex, direct rips, I acquired a 18 TB external hard drive. It’s now almost full. Rather than getting a second stand alone external drive I’m looking at an either moving everything to an 8 bay enclosure or perhaps setting up a second 4-6 bay enclosure just for 4k rips.
I could go with another thunderbay 4. Browsing suggestions I’ve also come across the TerraMaster D6-320 and the Syba 8 bay usb-c 3.2 enclosure (https://a.co/d/dlhIN57). Would there be any appreciable difference between these?