Hi,
Do the tray-less USB 3.2 3.5" SATA Docking Stations provide full access to the drive to the Operating System, including SMART info, and importantly, the original serial number of the drive. This is a critical feature as looking at using them for wiping drives so the records need to be correct. From memory my Sabrent USB 3.0 one didn't but I can't recall.
Seb
@Seb I would need to know the specific models in question in order to check/test this functionality.
For example, the DS-SC5B
@john This information is generally found in a SMART reader like CrystalDiskInfo, but multi-bay/disk enclosures sometimes clone UUIDs due to how they work. Smartmontools/smartctl should also work well. Some commandline tools such as wmic on Windows or ls (or lshw, or hdparm) on Linux can help determine specific drive information. I would recommend testing this first before proceeding and if the results do not meet your needs, I would recommend a more robust storage solution.
Looking to see if this device (DC-SC5B) can work with TrueNAS zFS, which requires the serial numbers of each drive to be unique as reported to the OS/File System.
@john Users have reported that this probably won't work the way you need for that setup.
For the record, it works perfectly with unraid and xfs.
@john Interesting, thank you for the feedback!
I am having an issue with the EC-DFFN. I have two installed and the both give the same serial number:
WIndows 11 Powershell:
Get-PhysicalDisk | Select FriendlyName, SerialNumber
>>
FriendlyName SerialNumber
------------ ------------
SABRENT DB9876543213F
SABRENT DB9876543213F
Seagate Expansion Desk NA8X2EN4
Seagate Expansion Desk NAABRTGG
Seagate Expansion Desk NAABRWP5
Seagate Expansion HDD 00000000NAC6FP61
Seagate Expansion HDD 00000000NAC6FPZG
Seagate Expansion SW 00000000NAC8770D
Seagate FireCuda 120 SSD ZA500GM10001 7SV002ZN
Seagate FireCuda 120 SSD ZA500GM10001 7SV003RY
This is very dangerous when cables are switched around or an i/o error occurs. Can also cause devce hangs.
Why not just pass through the Serial Number from the disk? Like the Seagate Expansion Desk enclosures.
Forgot to mention, I also got lots of these Windows 11 Events too:
Source:disk Event ID:158
Disk 9 has the same disk identifiers as one or more disks connected to the system. Go to Microsoft's support website (http://support.microsoft.com) and search for KB2983588 to resolve the issue.
