Storage Solutions How good are Pibox enclosures / Docking station ?

awestorr

Anyone using pibox enclosures/Docking station.
How good are they?
Looking to either one of them for a 3.5inch drive ,since they are around 850inr

solo_wing

awestorr said:
Anyone using pibox enclosures/Docking station.
How good are they?
Looking to either one of them for a 3.5inch drive ,since they are around 850inr

I am using pibox enclosure for 2.5 ssd.
Very decent. Got it for 450 something.

However built quality is average at best.

badwhitevision · 2024-09-27T09:00:50+0530

awestorr said:
Anyone using pibox enclosures/Docking station.
How good are they?
Looking to either one of them for a 3.5inch drive ,since they are around 850inr

Please talk to pibox directly, ask about which chips are on which enclosures and order the non realtek ones.

The new versions come with realtek RTL9201 chips which have a set spindown time of 3 minutes. It is difficult if not impossible to change this behaviour.

This is for the 3.5 inch enclosure.

I use an older version of the same enclosure with the JMicron JSM578 and the quality is quite good. This also has a spindown time, but is much easier to change.

I can't comment on the docking stations.

guest_999

badwhitevision said:
Please talk to pibox directly, ask about which chips are on which enclosures and order the non realtek ones.

The new versions come with realtek RTL9201 chips which have a set spindown time of 3 minutes. It is difficult if not impossible to change this behaviour.

This is for the 3.5 inch enclosure.

I use an older version of the same enclosure with the JMicron JSM578 and the quality is quite good. This also has a spindown time, but is much easier to change.

I don't know about the docking stations.

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dasshubham762

badwhitevision said:
Please talk to pibox directly, ask about which chips are on which enclosures and order the non realtek ones.

The new versions come with realtek RTL9201 chips which have a set spindown time of 3 minutes. It is difficult if not impossible to change this behaviour.

This is for the 3.5 inch enclosure.

I use an older version of the same enclosure with the JMicron JSM578 and the quality is quite good. This also has a spindown time, but is much easier to change.

I can't comment on the docking stations.

How to change the spindown time for the JMicron based enclosure?

Black_Hawk

solo_wing said:
I am using pibox enclosure for 2.5 ssd.
Very decent. Got it for 450 something.

However built quality is average at best.

I use this Pibox HDD Docking Station:

PiBOX India, USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station

Bought it in 2020 and have been using it so far without any issues. Price I got it for was 1.3k back then so at 899 bucks it's a good deal.

badwhitevision

dasshubham762 said:
How to change the spindown time for the JMicron based enclosure?

Use this article for guidance.

How to Update Firmware of JMicron JMS578 - USB3.0 - Sata Enclosure (Black Screen/Lock/Music Stop)

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