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Sabrent IB-3805-C31

Physical Product · Other PC hardware · 12 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/DataHoarder

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Pros

  • I have a IB-3805-C31 with Exos drives. I use it with EXT4 and MergerFS. It spins down idle drives. It is not silent but still very quiet. It very robust. Highly recommended. Also sold under the Sabrent brand.
  • I have a 5 bay DAS (IB-3805-C31) for media storage and a 10 bay DAS for backups. Both with 10Gbps USB. Works very well.
  • My IB-3805-C31 5 bay DAS is pretty quiet. Also I let the drives spin down when idle.
  • I am very pleased with my IB-3805-C31. Sabrent has it as well. 5 bays. 10Gbps USB C, unlimited size SATA3, built-in PSU, daisy chain USB, relatively silent, spins down idle HDDs, extremely robust.
  • I use mergerfs with a 5 bay DAS (IB-3805-C31 highly recommended)

Cons

  • Parent context: I have had a great experience with IB-3805-C31. It is also sold as Sabrent DS-SC5B. I even bought a second identical enclosure. Reply: That DAS bugged the crap out of me. Having to manually turn it back on after a power l...
  • I have two DAS. IB-3805-C31 and IB-3810-C31.

Sentiment

10 positive (83%) · 1 mixed (8%) · 1 negative (8%)

Trust + time weighted score: +79% · raw score 75%

What redditors said (10 of 12)

I have a IB-3805-C31 with Exos drives. I use it with EXT4 and MergerFS. It spins down idle drives. It is not silent but still very quiet. It very robust. Highly recommended. Also sold under the Sabrent brand.
positive · u/W****x · r/DataHoarder · comment · Dec 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I have a 5 bay DAS (IB-3805-C31) for media storage and a 10 bay DAS for backups. Both with 10Gbps USB. Works very well.
positive · u/W****x · r/DataHoarder · comment · Dec 10, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
My IB-3805-C31 5 bay DAS is pretty quiet. Also I let the drives spin down when idle.
positive · u/W****x · r/DataHoarder · comment · Dec 7, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I am very pleased with my IB-3805-C31. Sabrent has it as well. 5 bays. 10Gbps USB C, unlimited size SATA3, built-in PSU, daisy chain USB, relatively silent, spins down idle HDDs, extremely robust.
positive · u/W****x · r/DataHoarder · comment · Dec 3, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I use mergerfs with a 5 bay DAS (IB-3805-C31 highly recommended)
positive · u/W****x · r/DataHoarder · comment · Nov 29, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I really like my IB-3805-C31.
positive · u/W****x · r/DataHoarder · comment · Aug 12, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I have a few years good experience with IB-3805-C31. Sabrent DS-SC05B. I use it with Ubuntu MATE, mergerfs and Exos drives. Never had any problems.
positive · u/W****x · r/DataHoarder · comment · Aug 2, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Parent context: I have had a great experience with IB-3805-C31. It is also sold as Sabrent DS-SC5B. I even bought a second identical enclosure. Reply: That DAS bugged the crap out of me. Having to manually turn it back on after a power loss instead of having a dedicated switch was a deal breaker I ended up sending it back.
negative · u/e****n · r/DataHoarder · comment · Jul 30, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I have had a great experience with IB-3805-C31. It is also sold as Sabrent DS-SC5B. I even bought a second identical enclosure.
positive · u/W****x · r/DataHoarder · comment · Jul 30, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I have two DAS. One 5-bay IB-3805-C31 and one 10 bay IB-3810-C31. ... The drives in the 5 bay DAS are allowed to spin down, so it goes very quiet. Only a silent fan audible if you are close.
positive · u/W****x · r/DataHoarder · comment · Feb 6, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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