Hacking What's the best USB Hub for multiple Hard Drives

[OldGnashburg]

I've decided to cave and get a powered USB Hub, so I can use multiple External HDD's for my Wii U, I need one with at least 6 ports, could anyone direct me to one that works well?

 

[vbarros22]

On Nintendo official support they mention this: https://www.targus.com/za/7port-usb-3_0-combo-hub-ach120eu

 

[OldGnashburg]

Amazon.ca has it going for $68 used, 400 new. Any other suggestions? Or should any USB Hub work?

 

[tswntk]

WiiU have 4 USB ports but it doesn't even allow you to use 2 WiiU formatted HDD simultaneously for gaming deliberately, why would you think a Hub could change that?

 

[OldGnashburg]

WiiU have 4 USB ports but it doesn't even allow you to use 2 WiiU formatted HDD simultaneously for gaming deliberately, why would you think a Hub could change that?

I plan to split a 2TB HDD (1 NTFS, 1 FAT32 partition) for use with the vWii, SDCafiine, Linux, and Loadiine GX2, and then use my 1TB HDD (formatted with the Wii U's proprietary filesystem) for games installed via WUPInstaller GX2. And hubs do work, I'm just not sure which ones, and I don't want to blindly buy them only to find out they don't work. If I need to I will use UStealth. Also the hub should allow me to retain my GC Adapter, and plug in a keyboard and mouse for Wii U Linux (along with the USB Drive I would be booting off of) simultaneously.