I'm looking to streamline my htpc setup by moving some drives from an old pc server into an enclosure on my main pc and adding a drive.
The enclosure that just arrived this week is a Terramaster D4-320. I also just got a Seagate Expansion Desktop 24TB that (I presume) has a Barracuda drive in because it was manufactured in 2025. It is unopened so I can return it.
The main use case is an HTPC storage for myself. My main PC might be on for 12-16 hours a day but I will not be read/writing to the drives 24/7. I love getting stuff but as life gets busier, I don't have enough time to watch. I am hopeful that the all the reliability specs aren't as relevant because I'm not running a shared server.
My concerns are that my drives aren't "recommended" by Terramaster for use as DAS. The Barracuda 24TB is not whitelisted by Terramaster. Nor are the 2 drives in my old PC server. In fact, one of my old drives (St4000dm004 and) is "not recommended" (maybe bc it's 5400 rpm?) and the other (ST2000DM001) is not listed at all.
I'll be content if the HDDs work to their specs even if it's not as fast as the enclosure could operate. But if there are potential adverse consequences like not recognizing the drives or device failure, I'll have to rethink my combination of drives/enclosure.
What am I looking at if I place these three drives into the Terramaster enclosure?