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Speed Performance
Customers have generally positive opinions regarding the speed performance of the TERRAMASTER TD2 Thunderbolt 3 Professional-Grade 2-Bay External Hard Drive Enclosure, with some reporting impressive write and read speeds, while others express disappointment in not achieving the expected performance.
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Compatibility With Various Systems
Customers have mixed opinions regarding the compatibility of the TerraMaster TD2 Thunderbolt 3 Professional-Grade 2-Bay External Hard Drive Enclosure with various systems. While some users reported successful experiences on Intel Macs and Windows computers, others encountered issues with compatibility, particularly with Apple's M1 chip and Monterey operating system. Some customers mentioned frustration with the lack of signed trusted drivers for these platforms and the need to lower security settings for installation. Additionally, a few users experienced issues with the unit not mounting or making noise. Overall, while some customers have had positive experiences, others have encountered
Raid Capabilities
Customers have a positive opinion about the product's RAID capabilities, with some expressing satisfaction in its ease of use and fast performance. The unit supports various RAID configurations, including RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD, and customers have reported impressive speeds when using Thunderbolt 3. However, a small group of customers mentioned that they found the RAID controller software to be complex and preferred to use their own backup methods instead.
Thunderbolt Connectivity
Customers have mixed opinions on the TerraMaster TD2 Thunderbolt 3 External Hard Drive Enclosure's Thunderbolt connectivity. While some praise its fast performance and seamless integration with Thunderbolt systems, others report issues with daisy chaining and inconsistent recognition by computers. The device has excellent technical support but can be unreliable at times.
Drive Installation And Setup
Customers have had mixed experiences with drive installation and setup on the TerraMaster TD2 Thunderbolt 3 Professional-Grade 2-Bay External Hard Drive Enclosure. While some customers were able to install and format their drives quickly and easily, others encountered issues such as unrecognized drives, inability to assign drive letters or format new drives, and tech support offering no solution. Some customers noted that the unit requires brand new HDDs for recognition and that it does not abide by certain power settings on some systems. Overall, the installation process was time-consuming for some, taking up to several
Highlights
Quality
This thing is heavy and solidly made, and the handle is nice.
It is built well, quiet (except for hd spinning) and solved my “improperly ejected” problem from another dock.
Got this unit after purchasing a sabrent dual external dock that was getting nowhere near the advertised speeds and was having ... Read More
I had an issue with it suddenly not mounting after one year of use, which freaked me out.
Price
This enclosure not only looks great, it's the fastest raid-5 solution you can get for the money.
1 — but at a total cost under $60 per tb.
Got over 40tb of fast raid 5 disk space for a fraction of what it would cost using other vendors products.
For this price, they should have given one that's a decent length.
Shipping
It actually was delivered to my door on a sunday, three days after i reached out to them.
They are on the asia time zone so it was a few days of back and forth before i had my answer.
Packaging/appearance
The package arrived in great condition, i found it to be packaged in a very safe way (see images).
Competitiveness
My laptop computer is the dell xps 13 (9370) with top specifications.
Sure hdd will not saturate thunderbolt3 bandwidth of 40 gbit, hdd are cheap comparing to large nvme and having raid0 mode gives... Read More
I ended up selling both of these drives on ebay for several reasons:1 - apparently having two d5s attached to my gigabyte z390 ... Read More
Unlike other reviewers i got the same results using the originally supplied tbt3 cable as well as cablematters certified tbt3 cable.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
new, pro, two and good. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 184 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 30 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I cannot praise this product highly enough
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Id recommend if this would be your first raid storage device
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Added 5 seagate ironwolf 10tb drives
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Migration of data spanning several external drives was a snap
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After 6 months of little use it began to ejecting from my computer i have tried for 4 days to contact the company terramaster and no response
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Does not buy this what they sell is a lie do not have the speed that it says and the quality
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Im writing this review early on just to let anyone interested know that im using the 2 bay d2 unit as raid 1 on mac with newly purchased 16tb iron wolf drives
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I did contact terramaster with a question
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