I used an aluminium enclosure for a long time and no problems with heat. And perhaps that's why there were also no lifetime issues either. "Dog slow"? Yeh I agree but mine was USB 2.0. It's much less of an argument with USB 3.0 and even less again if you don't need high performance for your use-case (e.g. backups only).
So I don't think we have answer yet as to why you wouldn't use USB.
kingosticks|6 years ago
So I don't think we have answer yet as to why you wouldn't use USB.
michaelt|6 years ago
How did that bad reputation arise? A combination of factors:
* USB 2.0
* Platforms like Raspberry Pi, where both disk and ethernet are on the same USB link.
* Sellers marketing products with the USB link bitrate (5 Gbit/s) rather than the rate of data transfer from the ideal disk.
* Embedded platforms that don't have the performance needed to saturate a gigabit ethernet link (or 5 gigabit USB 3 link)
* Articles like this, reporting "60-113mbps" without going into enough detail to determine which components are the limiting factors on performance.