If it weren’t for poor small file write performance, the d2-310 might actually have beaten the TD2 for overall performance.įor some reason, the USB d2-310 in RAID 1 didn’t cut the CrystalDiskMark 6 sustained write mustard. I also ran both the TD2 and d2-310 through PCWorld’s test suite and the results skewed more towards the Thunderbolt 3 TD2. There seem to be some situations where the Thunderbolt bus holds an advantage even when its bandwidth isn’t being taxed. The TD2 with two Crucial SATA 6Gbps SSDs in RAID 0. Though not shown, the two USB boxes posted similar results.
Though there are other boxes more suitable to 2.5-inch drives and SSDs, here are the TD2 results with two decently fast SATA 6Gbps Crucial 2.5-inch SATA 6Gbps SSDs. The Akitio NT2 U31 with the same Seagate IronWolf 14TB drives running in RAID 0. Just to show that the d2-310 is not an isolated case, here are the Akitio NT2 U31’s numbers with the same two Seagate hard drives. The TD2 actually loses to the USB 3.1 Gen 2 d2-310 in two tests though the results are too close to call a definitive winner. A combo orange means the TD2 is busy formatting or doing housekeeping.
The status lights will be green when everything’s okay, and blink upon access. Otherwise, the two LEDs on the front will frown a constant red to let you know that you should stop and think about exactly what might be on those drives.
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You can change modes after you’ve installed the drives, but when you first install them, they should be clean, i.e. TerraMaster thoughtfully provides both a tiny screwdriver for the rotary switch and a reset tool. You can change modes by turning the rotary switch to the desired mode, then pressing and holding the tiny reset button for 10 seconds. Two Thunderbolt 3 ports, a full-size DisplayPort, AC, the RAID mode switch and reset button surround the large but quiet fan on the TD2. A rotary dial allows you to set the unit to mirrored RAID 1 (slower and safer), striped RAID 0 (faster with no data redundancy), JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks-spillover, no redundancy), and Single, where the drives will show up separately. On the back of the box are two Thunderbolt 3 ports, as well as a full-sized DisplayPort.
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