ORICO M2N210-RC3 - Dual SSD USB-C RAID M.2 SATA Enclosure - Review & TEST
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Күн бұрынVideo review of ORICO M2N210-RC3 - Dual drive RAID M.2 SATA SSD USB-C enclosure which can be connected to any laptop, desktop PC or a tablet. Detailed description of box contents, installation and performance testing + visual comparison with other similar external USB-C enclosures is also covered.
ORICO M2N210-RC3 uses a modern USB-C connectivity, allowing speeds up to 10Gbit (1,25GB/s) in RAID 0 mode or 6Gbit (550 MB/s) in: single drive mode / RAID1 / JBOD modes.
The size of the enclosure is very compact and build quality is excellent because it is fully made of aluminum alloy which helps to cool the drives under load and protects them from the outside.
Video also contains an SSD initialization tutorial in Windows 10 which shows how to setup drives in the enclosure before it can be used.
Tech in the video:
Samsung 860 EVO SSD 1TB M.2 SATA Internal SSD - amzn.to/3maXxEl
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Link for more product information (ORICO): bit.ly/m2n210web
VIDEO TIME STAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Unboxing of the ORICO M2N210-RC3
01:35 - Describing content of the box
02:15 - Lengths of the cables
02:42 - Size and weight of the enclosure
03:11 - Visual comparison with other USB-C enclosures
03:33 - Closeup detail
04:45 - Opening the enclosure
05:06 - Visual comparison with other devices - internals
05:32 - Describing internal features + SSD compatibility
06:26 - RAID modes
07:43 - RAID1 manual rebuild instructions
07:53 - JBOD mode
08:21 - Sleep mode and OS compatibility
08:39 - Installation of drives into ORICO M2N210-RC3
09:56 - Quick Drive initialization tutorial
11:09 - Using a SET button - setting RAID modes
11:50 - TEST SETUP
11:58 - CrystalDiskMark + ATTO Disk Benchmark
12:38 - WRITE speed tests (20 GB single file, 10GB - 8000 files)
13:17 - READ speed tests (20 GB single file, 10GB - 8000 files)
13:57 - 100GB - RAID0 - WRITE - temperature test
14:28 - Outro
@mercuriallimit Жыл бұрын
This is the best review and how-to i have ever found on youtube. Extremely well explained and shown!
@kokousic Жыл бұрын
a perfect review, rarely people shows cable length which maters for most desktop users. subscribed instantly.
@CipherboyKC 2 жыл бұрын
Another nice video! I especially like the way you do the performance testing!
@atomicdz Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this review. I've ordered this enclosure and I've had some questions. But now everything is completely clear for me.
@TheFalaah 7 ай бұрын
May I Ask, where did you order it from?
@March8ta 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Martin for detailed review. Your description coverd i think all my questions to this USB enclosure.
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome.
@PadPoet 2 жыл бұрын
I hope your channel grows fast, very thorough and to the point reviews. Thank you for all this info and the work you've put in all these videos.
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@doskiller9693 2 жыл бұрын
What a great channel Martin ........ so glad I found it ......... ;-)
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ;-)
@chrisipad4425 2 жыл бұрын
Well done Martin!
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@jbennison5672 2 жыл бұрын
So glad I read this. It's useless to those of us who would like to use RAID 1 as a backup as in the instance of a drive failure many of us do not have 2tb of free space to do a manual rebuild! Ridiculous firmware. Thanks for highlighting it.
@robert.trzebinski 10 ай бұрын
This information saved me from ordering, thank you.
@ChrisShine 4 ай бұрын
Is there such a case for the Samsung 990 Pro NVME available?
@daverayman8865 7 ай бұрын
Well explained 👍
@posleterrible9542 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for this very detailed review. Do you know if the firmware RAID1 rebuild bug was fixed? I cannot find any firwmare info or download option for that drive on Orico's website. The only point of this product is the RAID1 mode, as many single nvme drive enclosures do exist with better perfs than the RAID0 mode here. I cannot find any comparable enclosure with hardware RAID1 (which is the only type of redundant RAID I would do in hardware, as there are no risks of proprietary implementations) on the market, so it would be interesting to see if this was fixed.
@MartinsLab 10 ай бұрын
Hi, I have no idea if the RAID1 rebuild function was fixed, I had an early version of this enclosure and haven´t been using if for at least year. I agree with you on your conclusion.
@andyb8656 10 ай бұрын
Has Raid 1 array repair utility issue been since fixed ?
@MrBook123456 2 жыл бұрын
yet a another good video
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@MrBook123456 2 жыл бұрын
@@MartinsLab l had a look at this but went for the M2 NVME to PCIe 3.0 X4 Adapter Card -+ the m.2 are coming down =£236.29 for a Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2 TB PCIe
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
@@MrBook123456 True, that´s a nice price for an NVMe SSD. I assume you mean an internal PCIE adapter which is connected directly to the motherboard. I used the same thing in my test PC for this review with Samsung 970 Pro (512GB) to make sure I have a dedicated SSD just for the test. ORICO enclosure is mainly for cases if you don´t have enough drive space or possibilities of upgrading your PC/laptop or if you want to have your data backed up elsewhere.
@MrBook123456 2 жыл бұрын
@@MartinsLab well got 4x Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8 TB, External Hard Drives+a few more in the computer may be about 20tb over kill??
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
@@MrBook123456 If you need a lot of storage than it isn´t necessarily an “overkill", could be just enough 😉 Maybe it is time for you to start thinking about consolidating - it is quite a lot of external high capacity storage (4x 8TB). You could build a network storage server or get a multi-drive enclosure (6/8/12 drive bays). It all depends on how much storage you´re planning on having in the future and how mobile/flexible you need it to be.
@soul1273 2 жыл бұрын
Just curious has anyone tested this out on a ps5 console to see if it pick up dual m.2 😅
@chakravarthit.7259 Жыл бұрын
one help, Is that it needed a separate power input (apart from the USB-C cable what we are using to read the data from the drives) ??
@MartinsLab Жыл бұрын
No, I never needed to connect a separate power input to the ecnlosure during my testing. Original USB-C cable was able to provide enough power to run the enclosure with both M.2 SATA SSDs connected at the same time.
@RDUBTutorial 2 жыл бұрын
nnince video ....would like to see if transferring large files (400gb at raid zero) are just as fast or if they get speed/heat throttled. Would also be interesting to see a comparison with the Trebleet dual bay raid nvme enclosure.
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Unfortunately, I can´t perform a 400GB RAID0 test, because I already have my data on those two drives in Single (PM) mode. But if you look at the data (4C and 5C increase for 100 GB transfer in RAID0 at 24,5C ambient), even if the increase of the temperature was linear that means 36C + 4x 4C (400GB=16C) + 4x 5C (400GB=20C) you´d end up at 52C (drive A) and 56C (drive B) which is absolutely fine (SSDs don´t throttle at these temps). And it will be very likely less - this enclosure has a good thermal design. A dual bay NVMe RAID enclosure should be considerably faster, but also hotter (NVMe drives generally run at higher temps than SATA drives), but I don´t have it to test it..
@AndreyAkTis Жыл бұрын
Are there other similar devices with RAID 1 support but with NVMe M-key drives?
@MartinsLab Жыл бұрын
I´m aware of three: "JEYI Dual Nvme Enclosure - 586R2NVMEUS" , "Icybox IB-2811M-TB3" and "Icybox - IB-2912MCL-C31", but I haven´t tested any of them.
@SkipMichael 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure :)
@FarithJamli Жыл бұрын
Do you have video, how do the raid 1 work? Is it only one drive appear in my computer and another drive will stay hidden as backup?
@MartinsLab Жыл бұрын
Yes, RAID1 is explained here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eKh9aLKBqq-Un3k.html Only one „logical“ drive (SW representation of two physical drives) will be visible in your OS. The controller in the enclosure will have access to both physical drives, but will appear in SW as if there was only one drive was installed - which is the purpose.
@Evo_XR 2 жыл бұрын
will this be able to clone the single 512GB m2 in my Asus G13 Advantage to RAiD-0 2 2TB PNY CS3030? There are 2 m2 slots, and Im planning to replace the 512gb m2 with 2 2TB m2 in RAiD-0
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
No, itself this enclosure can´t clone any drive with data on it, you´d need to use a specialized clonig SW to do that. Also „2TB PNY CS3030“ is an M.2 „NVMe“ drive and this enclosure is only for M.2 „SATA“ drives, so it isn´t compatible. For a RAID to work you need create the array first in BIOS on your laptop with those two NVMe 2TB drives, and then move data on it from the source drive (512GB M.2) which is probably also „NVMe“?. The created „RAID0“ volume has to compatible with an onboard RAID controller. If this new „RAID0“ volume is supposed to be also a boot drive with OS on it, you´ll also increase the probability of its failure compared to using a single drive, because if one drive fails in RAID0, you loose data from both drives. So, it depends how valuable those are for you or if you make regular backups - which would solve this problem.
@DrRussell 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Martin. May I please ask what the name of your song is in the beginning of the clip?
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
Sure, its called "Reversed Beginning" by Luwaks. I liked it so much that I left it playing during the whole video.
@DrRussell 2 жыл бұрын
@@MartinsLab thank you Martin; sorry for such late reply, I just finished my exam yesterday and was focussed.
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
@@DrRussell No problem 😉. I´m glad this part of life is behind me, it was always stressful. Hope you passed!
@DrRussell 2 жыл бұрын
@@MartinsLab I’ll find out next month. I’ll be studying until I die, I have to. Thanks again for your efforts with the video, it was very helpful especially when you described performance with different configurations. Many thanks.
@pierrehenriot2480 5 ай бұрын
WHAT - RAID 1 is not rebuilding automatically ???
@richieh2571 2 жыл бұрын
Hi would like to ask how can I use the samsung magician to detect and update the firmware, as It's only shows RTL9210NVME on it.
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, you probably have a different M.2 enclosure (not M2N210-RC3) - so I can´t verify it. I don´t think you can update the firmware on the Samsung SSD while it is placed inside a USB enclosure. You´ll probably have to put into an M.2 slot on your motherboard (if it supports M.2 SATA drives) or you could place the drive into an M.2 SATA PCIE expansion card to do it. It often happens that drive firmware update isn´t possible while the drive is placed inside an external enclosure.
@richieh2571 2 жыл бұрын
@@MartinsLab thank you Martin. Hope there will be some solution to get the Samsung SSD update firmware
@richieh2571 2 жыл бұрын
@@MartinsLab sorry the thing is when I use crystaldiskinfo it can shows the SSD name Samsung 980pro
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
@@richieh2571 No problem, if you have an M.2 NVMe drive “Samsung 980 Pro”, you can place it into an M.2 slot on your motherboard and update the firmware using Samsung Magician. That should work. You´ll just have to remove it from your "RTL9210NVME" enclosure to do it.
@JBubbs 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, so in Raid0 the drive space is combined, or is it only half at "double" speed?
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, in „RAID 0” mode the drive space of both drives is combined and the speed is “double”. If any one of the drives fails, you loose all the data. (If you take two 1TB drives where each has a max READ speed of 500 MB/s, you´ll get 2TB capacity available and roughly 1000 MB/s READ speed. Both numbers are slightly lower in reality, because 1GB = 1024 MB (not 1000 MB) and there is a few percent overhead penalty when it comes to speed.)
@JBubbs 2 жыл бұрын
@@MartinsLab Thank You!
@Channel8eight 2 жыл бұрын
Just bought this and tried it with some crucial ssd's and it does not. I believe my unit is defective, it makes a high pitch hissing sound and blue led drive indicators light up but nothing happens on the computer.
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, which exact models / capacities of Crucial SSDs did you place into enclosure?
@JosephOng 10 ай бұрын
Hi Martin, would you know if this enclosure will be supported under Free/TrueNAS?
@MartinsLab 10 ай бұрын
Hi JosephOng! Both Linux and Windows based systems should see this enclosure as a single USB drive when it is set to RAID1/RAID0 mode, no special stand-alone driver was installed (RAID capability is done internally, not by any OS driver). However, I have tested it only in Windows, so I can´t be 100% sure.
@JosephOng 10 ай бұрын
@@MartinsLab thanks very much
@dannid.8115 11 ай бұрын
Did ORICO give software to check SSD health?
@MartinsLab 11 ай бұрын
No SW was provided with the enclosure. You can check your SSD´s health with "CrystalDiskInfo" or with SW provided by it´s manufacturer (like "Samsung Magician" - in case of Samsung drives).
@LeicaM11 4 ай бұрын
All those enclosure having the same design fault: The heat is transferred to the thin lid only and not directly to the massive housing. Just why?
@oldskoolhead0 7 ай бұрын
Will this enable you to read/recover data from drives that have been hardware raided 0 on another computer?
@rono4592 4 ай бұрын
I have the same question. Did you ever get an answer?
@oldskoolhead0 4 ай бұрын
@rono4592 no, but looking into it there's different ways of doing it so I think it depends how you did it at the very least, as there's hardware, software and bios raid, mine is a bios raid so I think it has to be done on the motherboard it was created with, hardware raid will be similar I think, I think your only chance would be a software raid, since its created by the software, the same software can be used on any computer but I'm only guessing here too.
@soeren72 2 жыл бұрын
It dosn't support Evo 960 or other PCIe NVMe ?
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, this enclosure supports only „M.2 SATA” SSDs (like the ones I used - Samsung 860 EVO). Samsung 960 EVO is a Gen3 PCIe NVMe SSD.
@charlescerillo55 10 ай бұрын
Can i place 4TB x 2 = 8TB
@uptowndoof3993 Жыл бұрын
Do they have a similar device but using NVMe sticks?
@MartinsLab Жыл бұрын
They have an NVMe dual bay unit ORICO-M2P2J-C3, but without a RAID function. I have never seen it in person, all I know is what is in that link below. Link: www.orico.cc/us/product/detail/7205.html
@uptowndoof3993 Жыл бұрын
@@MartinsLab Thanks for replying... the model you mentioned seems not to be available, checked amazon & newegg.
@fledsilveira5918 Жыл бұрын
Do we know if it already supports higher capacity? 2 X 4TB?
@MartinsLab Жыл бұрын
No idea, also I´m not sure there are any 4TB M.2 SATA SSDs available on the market with such capacity (I´ve seen only NVMe drives with those specs).
@fledsilveira5918 Жыл бұрын
@@MartinsLab You are correct sr. Thank you!
@xXLoneSoulXx 2 жыл бұрын
so...i can put both of my 2280 ssd in to it to use,correct?
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, if both of your 2280 SSDs are M.2 „SATA“, not if they are M.2 „NVMe“.
@xXLoneSoulXx 2 жыл бұрын
@@MartinsLab but it literally says nvme as well lol
@sowildlive Жыл бұрын
Halo! Dua 😇
@jegzhd Жыл бұрын
Is it working with just one single slot of SSD?
@MartinsLab Жыл бұрын
Yes, if you set the enclosure into “PM mode“ (single drive mode) you can use it with only one SATA M.2 SSD placed into any slot you like.
@jegzhd Жыл бұрын
@@MartinsLab Thank you very much for your quick reply! Really appreciate your video - not much info I could find online about this particular enclosure. Cheers!
@WaschyNumber1 2 жыл бұрын
Does it work on android phones with Typ c port?
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, but you have to format it first in your phone before you can start using it. When it is formatted for NTFS (Windows) your android phone can´t read from it.
@WaschyNumber1 2 жыл бұрын
@@MartinsLab thank you
@scottross5495 2 жыл бұрын
@@MartinsLab There is a driver from Paragon to read NTFS on Android.
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
@@scottross5495 Interesting info, I have never used this driver. Does it also allow writing the data to the NTFS partition when copying data (photos/videos) from the phone or just reading it? (I´m aware copying can be done in Windows)
@KiraMaster-KM 2 жыл бұрын
How to understand that one of the disks is out of order with a raid1 system?
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
If your system is setup as "RAID1", it means that both drives hold exactly the same data - one is an exact mirror (a copy) of another. When you copy any data on "RAID1" from your PC/MAC/Phone, the same data is written to both drives simultaneously. If any one of those two drives (SSDs) fails (has a malfunction/dies), you can still read the data from the other one. It is also the reason why your effective storage capacity (the amount GB you can use for your storing your data on it) is only that of a single drive (only a half - you can store only 1TB of your data on two 1TB drives in RAID1). So, what I did in my review is to test what happens when one of those two drives in my RAID1 (2x 1TB) fails. That´s why I simulated a drive failure (I removed one of the functioning drives from a functioning RAID1 and formatted it manually). I wanted to know two things: a) if the other drive still holds the data = if my data is still safe and I can use it b) if I´m able to do a „RAID1 array rebuild“ = when I insert a replacement drive for the drive that failed (the one I manually formatted) into its M.2 slot, the data will automatically be copied from the drive that „survived“ on it (this usually takes several minutes or hours in case of M.2 SSDs depending on their capacity and speed) What I found out is that in case of “a)” it worked and I could READ the data and in case of “b)” it didn´t work (it had to be done manually - the data did not start being copied to the new drive automatically) So, in general, no drive is “out of order” in a RAID1 system in default (both work) - it is supposed to prevent a data loss in case that one of those two drives fails (goes out of order/dies by it self).
@KiraMaster-KM 2 жыл бұрын
@@MartinsLab Thanks for the detailed answer. There are two questions left. How does the device inform about a breakdown of one of the disks? And the second question is the most important, if the device breaks down, for example, the controller breaks down, can I install one of the disks in the pc computer and read its data?
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
@@KiraMaster-KM When a “breakdown” of one of the drives occurs the LED of the failed drive on the ORICO enclosure lights up red (changes the color from blue to red) and you can´t WRITE any data to any of the drives - they both become “READ only”. So, in other words, if the enclosure is out of your sight for any reason while this happens (while you´re focused on your work or using a longer USB-C cable), you´ll find out when you can´t WRITE data to it and then when you check the LEDs on the enclosure (there is no software generated message or pop up in OS). To your second question: Yes, you can still use it (read the data on your computer) or on other device. I also tried it with that black single drive AKASA enclosure you see in my the video and copied the data to my PC from it (but I could have copied it directly from the ORICO while “red was on” - it wasn´t a necessity). To rebuild a RAID1 array you have to copy the data from the remaining “surviving” drive to your PC temporarily (doesn´t matter if you do if from the ORICO enclosure directly or if you insert it to your PC into a compatible M.2 slot or if you insert in into another M.2 SATA enclosure), then you can delete its partition in your PC (to erase it completely) and put it back to ORICO enclosure with a replacement drive (new one), initialize both drives like you did in the beginning, copy back the data from the PC to a newly created RAID1 array and keep using it as before. A little complicated, but it works.
@KiraMaster-KM 2 жыл бұрын
@@MartinsLab Thanks for the complete answer. And thank you for the work done!
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
@@KiraMaster-KM My pleasure ;)
@surfreadjumpsleep 2 жыл бұрын
Diky moc. It seems like the hardware raid doesn't really work well.. Wouldn't it be better to use either Windows or MacOS software RAID?
@MartinsLab 2 жыл бұрын
Neni zac 😉 As I mentioned in the video, it is a „special“ implementation of RAID1. It allows WRITING data to both drives simultaneously, but it doesn´t allow READING from them simultaneously (in RAID1 mode). In case of a failure of one of the drives, your data is safe (because it is stored on both - so one would remain). But, it doesn´t allow automatic RAID array rebuild - you have to do it manually + it also doesn´t have any data integrity checking and no reporting in the OS. So, it is kind of „hybrid“ and I personally would´t call it "real RAID", I´d call it just a "duplication" (it doesn´t have "standard" RAID1 features). The advantage of this approach is that the surviving drive can be accessed (READ) from another computer and it doesn´t require a compatible HW RAID adapter to do that. So, in case that the ORICO enclosure got damaged, but at least one of the drives was still functional, you´d still be able to access your data from any computer in a minute simply by removing the M.2 drive from the enclosure and plugging it there. RAID 0, JBOD or SINGLE mode have no redundancy, so there is no real problem there. If you used SW RAID1 it would work only while the enclosure would be connected to that one computer in that specific OS. If you connected the enclosure to another computer it wouldn´t probably be recognized as RAID1 array. I haven´t tried it to be 100% sure.
@surfreadjumpsleep 2 жыл бұрын
@@MartinsLab Děkuji mnohokrát! This will be my first RAID setup, so I must figure out how a failed drive is reported & how the drive is restored.
@CELTALK Жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention is not compatible with double sided drives
@triumf34dante55 Жыл бұрын
Can u clone drive with it?
@MartinsLab Жыл бұрын
Yes, if you use your own dedicated SW.
@triumf34dante55 Жыл бұрын
@@MartinsLab SW?
@churblefurbles Жыл бұрын
Interesting, too bad its not nvme.
@ZeptejSeFilipa 5 ай бұрын
tvl tvá angličtina zní jako od Čecha.
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