Sabrent DS-UCTB 10-Bay JBOD

The Sabrent DS-UCTB is a 10-bay JBOD that allows users to create a flexible, high-capacity external storage solution. The DS-UCTB supports ten SATA 3.5” hard drives, sports an all-aluminum build for heat dissipation, and is configured with a USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C port. The JBOD features a fully tray-less design along with independent power switches for each drive.

There are plenty of use cases for a JBOD such as this, especially depending on the types of drives that are installed. Some of the more notable uses would be a high-capacity backup to a small business that needs to house a ton of data, a place to store media for a plex server, or even offload large amounts of cloud data to have a physical backup of personal data. To use the DS-UCTB, it is as simple as plugging the host device into the DS-UCTB via the included USB-C to USB-C/A cable. Each drive bay is then individually controlled and addressed, so drives can be used individually as well as grouped together.

On an important note, the Sabrent DS-UCTB is designed to house storage and is not capable of doing anything else unless external software is used. This means that the DS-UCTB doesn’t have the capability of automatically creating RAID configurations like a NAS, so if this type of storage is wanted, you will need to use software for that. Fortunately, there are a ton of options out there for RAID configurations and are fairly easy to install and run.

Backed by a 1-year (extendable to 2 years), the Sabrent DS-UCTB currently goes for $599 on Amazon. There are also other storage options, like the 5-Bay DS-SC5B, which we reviewed about a year ago.

Sabrent DS-UCTB Specifications