Backing up music database from DAS connected to mini Mac to DAS connected to NUC (with Roon)

[BlackJack]

You can always use the forum search. Example: Search results for 'OWC' - Roon Labs Community

You need RoonOS (Nucleus / ROCK) build 261 production or newer if you run Roon OS on your NUC (and of course a NUC with a Thunderbolt connector) to even have some Thunderbolt support. It is unclear if Roon OS can fully support your desired DAS.

NOTE: The OWC DAS’s are AFAIK designed for Apple MAC. Using it with anything else is at your own risk and without guaranteed success or support from OWC. IDK if anyone can tell if an OWC DAS with RAID will work on Linux, let alone a minimalistic Roon OS. Roon OS also offers no way to format external storage, Apple stuff usually comes with an Apple FS of some sorts and Roon OS likely has read support only for Apple FS’s (at best).

If you really want to use third-party Apple accessory products, better stay with Apple – buy a suitable Mac Mini for example as your machine for Roon Server.

Reread also:

What kind of external drive with NUC ROCK - NAS or DAS

I’m thinking of breaking down and buying a NUC10i7FNH to run ROCK for a very large music library. I’m would need to get a new external drive because my present drive is thunderbolt 2. I’m unsure whether a NAS or a DAS would be better. It seems like the NAS choices, like Synology really have more useful features like SHR and there just don’t seem to be as many DAS units out there. I was interested to here from any members of the community who had views or recommendations on this. Thanks.

PS: I can still not see a good reason for using a big, multi-drive DAS for a library that fits a single drive.

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@number6mi

The OWCs have 2 thunderbolt connections but I’m assuming the same OWC can’t be simultaneously mounted on both the Mac mini and NUC 12 or the 2nd OWC mounted on the NUC12 and simultaneously daisy chained to the 1st OWC.

Why assuming anything? Does OWC not provide manuals and support for customers that can be used to answer such questions. Maybe there is even a user forum for OWC owners?