The Qotom Denverton fanless system thread (link) has some posts about Maiwo brand 4-bay and 8-bay mini-SAS interface enclosures. I re-post them here.
Thanks @SlowmoDK for his initial post(link) of the aliexpress link to the 4-bay Maiwo mini-sas interface enclosure. (aliexpress link : 3.5" Four Bay Docking Station External Hdd Enclosure RAID Function Disk Array Box Support SAS interface SFF-8088, model: K35274SAS)
Product page:
Its $9x.xx price plus $11 shipping to US(if the user has aliexpress account, the shipping fee to US can be lowered to $6.xx) is pretty reasonable and affordable. But if anyone wants 8 bays or more, I will prefer a DIY build. (link to @Patrick introductions on DIYing an SAS DAS enclosure, introduction part 1, introduction part 2)
There are 2 categories of SAS enclosures on the manufacturer's website:
Except for aliexpress.com which is for regular customers, only alibaba.com and Taobao Global are selling these products, the buyer should act as a wholesalor(Note: lots of people order small stuffs via Taobao and use some shipping services to US, but not large things like these.):
(1) Alibaba.com
The manufacturer has below SAS models, but all are wholesale only, due to alibaba.com's rule:
kinteccn.en.alibaba.com
(2) Taobao Global store
Below is the Taobao Global site's webpage of Maiwo's K8AC and K8AD enclosure. Its price does not include the shipping fee. But the viewer should be able to read Chinese language and understand the whole process of global shipping completely, since all the taobao global stores will only ship to a global shipping service provider's warehouse located in China or Singapore first, then the warehouse will group all the packages for the same buyer, then to USA or Europe. Much more difficult than placing order on aliepxress.com or temu.com which the platform will take care of this process automatically. And the 8-bay ones cost $500/each and up, and plus shipping fee and taxes.
I ordered a 4-bay one, waiting for arriving.
Thanks @SlowmoDK for his initial post(link) of the aliexpress link to the 4-bay Maiwo mini-sas interface enclosure. (aliexpress link : 3.5" Four Bay Docking Station External Hdd Enclosure RAID Function Disk Array Box Support SAS interface SFF-8088, model: K35274SAS)
Product page:
MAIWO K35274SAS Quad-bay aluminum mini SAS SFF-8088 to 3.5inch SATA HDD enclosure with RAID function,Kintec
MAIWO K35274SAS Quad-bay aluminum mini SAS SFF-8088 to 3.5inch SATA HDD enclosure with RAID function,Multibay RAID HDD Enclosure,NEW ARRIVAL,SAS HDD Enclosure and docking station,Enclosure&Docking Station for Multiple Bay,
www.kintec.cn
Its $9x.xx price plus $11 shipping to US(if the user has aliexpress account, the shipping fee to US can be lowered to $6.xx) is pretty reasonable and affordable. But if anyone wants 8 bays or more, I will prefer a DIY build. (link to @Patrick introductions on DIYing an SAS DAS enclosure, introduction part 1, introduction part 2)
There are 2 categories of SAS enclosures on the manufacturer's website:
SAS HDD Enclosure and docking station-Kintec
深圳市凯祥源科技有限公司专业生产移动硬盘盒,硬盘座,易驱线,maiwo麦沃,移动电源,充电宝
www.kintec.cn
Except for aliexpress.com which is for regular customers, only alibaba.com and Taobao Global are selling these products, the buyer should act as a wholesalor(Note: lots of people order small stuffs via Taobao and use some shipping services to US, but not large things like these.):
(1) Alibaba.com
The manufacturer has below SAS models, but all are wholesale only, due to alibaba.com's rule:
RAID HDD Cabinet, RAID HDD Cabinet direct from Shenzhen Ksy Co., Ltd. in CN
RAID HDD Cabinet from Shenzhen Ksy Co., Ltd.. Search High Quality RAID HDD Cabinet Manufacturing and Exporting supplier on Alibaba.com.
kinteccn.en.alibaba.com
(2) Taobao Global store
Below is the Taobao Global site's webpage of Maiwo's K8AC and K8AD enclosure. Its price does not include the shipping fee. But the viewer should be able to read Chinese language and understand the whole process of global shipping completely, since all the taobao global stores will only ship to a global shipping service provider's warehouse located in China or Singapore first, then the warehouse will group all the packages for the same buyer, then to USA or Europe. Much more difficult than placing order on aliepxress.com or temu.com which the platform will take care of this process automatically. And the 8-bay ones cost $500/each and up, and plus shipping fee and taxes.
I ordered a 4-bay one, waiting for arriving.
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