Oyen Digital 8TB MiniPro Dura RAID USB-C Portable Rugged Hard Drive

Only had it a little while but so far so good really easy to set up using raid 1

I have been switching from a PC to the new Mac mini and wanted a new raid box for the new system. After searching many possibilities the Mini Pro Raid V3 seemed like a great choice. First I had to change the file type of all my files on the PC. I copied the old raid into a 4TB HDD formatted as XFAT.This new raid box is 1/5 the size of the old one and very well made. I ordered one with 10TB of storage and prepared it as RAID 1 (mirrored) to copy my 2TB files into. The process was very straight forward and the unit mounted perfectly. There was one glitch, totally mine! Only one light (HDD) was flashing and I contacted their support. I received an immediate email with instructions. I HADN'T HELD THE RESET BUTTON QUITE LONG ENOUGH. The support person helped me through reinitializing the unit on the Mac mini (I never had a Mac before) and all is perfect again.This is a great alternative to a huge RAID enclosure and I am very satisfied!

I bought this to use as a media drive for backing up large video files in the field. Since there are two drives in a RAID config inside, the speed is much higher than a single drive. We have been using it for a couple years now and it still works great.

I purchased this drive to use as a RAID backup. It works well, and looks good on the desktop.

Wanted to love it, but it died within three weeks. Nice unit. Extremely (non-existent) ability in inquire device status in anyway other than the limited blinking light indicators. You cannot query device as to what percent a silvering is in -- which with the 10TB model can take many days to perform. Device really needs to be updated with the ability to quick swap failed drive using screw-less technology on both the case and drives. The drive configuration switch needs to be recessed deeper, including the power source switch -- both make me wonder what would happen to your data if accidentally switched during transport. I would not recommend the 10TB model, and go with the diskless unit if you buy, and then get the identical Seagate 5TB drives RETAIL branded. The enclosed drives are OEM and in the event you have to deal with a warranty concern 18 months down the path, it is my option dealing with Seagate would be faster and lower cost to resolve (just my 40 years IT experience speaking). My impression of the manufacturing company is good and they responded to questions within their posted response time. If I was Oyen Digital I would figure out how to bundle RETAIL drives with the device and not OEM. I do have one serious concern regarding documentation that came with the unit regarding the USB 3.1 Type-C cable with it stating to ONLY USE this CABLE. Why? It implies to me using any other USB Type-C cable could cause damage to the unit -- that's my impression. If it was possible for them to provide a way to query the device status and get detailed information on silvering, each drive S.M.A.R.T. status and the like and the above recommendations this would be the "GOTO" travel device for everyone needing external storage.