usb hub

Hi friends,

I just wondered if the type of usb hub you connect to your mac actually matters and here's why.

I run a mac mini, and previously an iMac.

Both had an Anker Powered usb hub attached and into that were a couple of external HDD's Both WD Passports.

One of them (formatted ex-FAT) was forever disappearing from Finder while the other was my main Time Machine backup (formatted fro only Apple) was generally OK. Add to that were 2 Sandisk Extreme Pro USB keys and both ran blistering hot!

Just recently the WD backup disk went "read only"....essentially died!

I got an ssd to move the contents of the other WD onto, and plan to use that WD as the new backup.

However when I plugged the SSD into the Anker hub, it ran for a few minutes and then told me I didn't eject it properly! (I didn't eject it at all!). When I plugged it into the mac directly everything worked fine.

Sorry for the long story, but I'm wondering is my Anker usb causing trouble both for the failed and the disappearing WD drives and now my new ssd?

If I need to replace the Anker, what's the best one out there with at least 7 ports + some charging ones!

Many thanks everybody