Article: Yottamaster HC1-C3 | Excellent Storage Option For Music Libraries

[austinpop]

Nice find, Chris. 
 

Yo-tta-man!

[firedog]

On 11/6/2020 at 4:09 AM, jacques_racine said:

Very interesting. Too bad the drives are so expensive. 

Yeah, I just looked up the price of the 4TB models....Yikes!

[bmaietta]

Thanks for this review. I bought one right after reading it, and it has been a nice addition to my system. Living in rural Montana, often those internets just don't work like they should. Great to have such a simple way to have music no matter. 

[iansen]

Brilliant find, Chris. You're right to have been over-excited about it.

 

Solid state disc with its own power supply (and so not drawing power off my streamer), super-simple one-touch off-line back up, and housed in an elegant enclosure: perfect.

[iansen]

Chris,

 

I have a couple of questions.

 

1. You only formatted one of the discs (the original source disc and not the target disc, to use Yottamaster's terminology). How come you did not format both of them? If, for example, the source disc breaks down and you want to get the data off the target disc... will your laptop be able to read it? 

(PS I am using an Apple Mac)

 

2. When you press the clone button, do you disconnect the device from your streamer?

I ask this because the instructions on the Amazon UK site states:

"Please do not connect the device to your computer while cloning".

 

 

http:// https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yottamaster-Duplicators-Stand-alone-Dual-Bay-Enclosure-M-2-NVMe-Offline-Clone/dp/B08SBP5VGG/ref=dp_fod_2?pd_rd_w=SN3w5&content-id=amzn1.sym.00102682-bcae-4419-9da3-260a1a6f5fd0&pf_rd_p=00102682-bcae-4419-9da3-260a1a6f5fd0&pf_rd_r=1Q0ENC1CS0ZA0MPK6GY6&pd_rd_wg=i6hAP&pd_rd_r=19bd218e-b048-429b-95b7-052f717fd3d0&pd_rd_i=B08SBP5VGG&psc=1

 

 

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

17 minutes ago, iansen said:

Chris,

 

I have a couple of questions.

 

1. You only formatted one of the discs (the original source disc and not the target disc, to use Yottamaster's terminology). How come you did not format both of them? If, for example, the source disc breaks down and you want to get the data off the target disc... will your laptop be able to read it? 

(PS I am using an Apple Mac)

 

2. When you press the clone button, do you disconnect the device from your streamer?

I ask this because the instructions on the Amazon UK site states:

"Please do not connect the device to your computer while cloning".

 

 

http:// https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yottamaster-Duplicators-Stand-alone-Dual-Bay-Enclosure-M-2-NVMe-Offline-Clone/dp/B08SBP5VGG/ref=dp_fod_2?pd_rd_w=SN3w5&content-id=amzn1.sym.00102682-bcae-4419-9da3-260a1a6f5fd0&pf_rd_p=00102682-bcae-4419-9da3-260a1a6f5fd0&pf_rd_r=1Q0ENC1CS0ZA0MPK6GY6&pd_rd_wg=i6hAP&pd_rd_r=19bd218e-b048-429b-95b7-052f717fd3d0&pd_rd_i=B08SBP5VGG&psc=1

 

 

 

 

There is no need to format the target disk because it is a clone of the source. Whatever format is on the source will be on the clone. 
 

Yes, disconnect from everything before cloning. One can never be too safe with music :~)

[iansen]

24 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

There is no need to format the target disk because it is a clone of the source. Whatever format is on the source will be on the clone. 
 

Yes, disconnect from everything before cloning. One can never be too safe with music :~)

 

Thanks for the answers Chris, much appreciated.