it is just a hot swap enclosure, so uses your sata ports on you motherboard or a raid card
EDIT: so in a way because its in your PC it does have USB and Lan port
Last edited:
Anyone disappointed by the lack of large external HD enclosures (4 drives+)
- Thread starter Vanilla
- Start date
it is just a hot swap enclosure, so uses your sata ports on you motherboard or a raid card
EDIT: so in a way because its in your PC it does have USB and Lan port
If you need space for eight drives you are best off getting a larger case and mounting them internally, every other way of doing it is expensive, both in terms of the case, cabling and controller card, but also in terms of the ongoing power usage.
I would look at rebuilding your main machine if you need to access the storage all the time, or building a low spec celeron or sempron Windows Home Server machine. The case below may be of interest
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...hieftec Smart WH-01B-B-OP Mini Server - Black
I would look at rebuilding your main machine if you need to access the storage all the time, or building a low spec celeron or sempron Windows Home Server machine. The case below may be of interest
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...hieftec Smart WH-01B-B-OP Mini Server - Black
NAS are ok for storage, however they're not ok for doing work on (ie editing a photochop picture from). The network latency etc and transfer rate usually mean a FW-800 or eSATA connection.
I was looking for something like the IcyDock recently but decided that a single drive MyBook Studio would suffice.
If I'm going to be doing heavy work then I plug in and use. If I'm doing light work/browsing etc then I don't have to have anything plugged in..
Anymore and I start asking myself - would a proper desktop machine be more suited to the task.
I was looking for something like the IcyDock recently but decided that a single drive MyBook Studio would suffice.
If I'm going to be doing heavy work then I plug in and use. If I'm doing light work/browsing etc then I don't have to have anything plugged in..
Anymore and I start asking myself - would a proper desktop machine be more suited to the task.
Last edited:
I have 2 4bay external enclosures, they have a raid option built into the case which means you can unplug from one machine, plug into another and still is in the raid config.
also if im not using one or both i can switch them off to save power
also if im not using one or both i can switch them off to save power
I know you don;t want another PC, but:
Asus Vintage V2-M2V890 Barebones System - AMD64 (Socket AM2) - £62.26
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail - £41.11
Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT12864AA667) - £28.19
£131.56 + p&p
Hook up the CD/DVD drive from your existing system to install Linux. The case itself can take 3x3.5 drives with no addition. It can easily be modded to take upto 8 (or more) 3.5" drives.
Drobo is expensive >£300 for a bare unit (USB). Add ~£150 for a network interface.
Soldato
- Joined
- 2 Nov 2007
- Posts
- 4,185
Got a link to someone modding the Vintage for 8 drives?
It's easy.
As standard it has 3x3.5" drive bays.
The 2x5.25" drive bays can take 2x 3.5" drives using conversion rails or 3x3.5" drives with this - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...MB-453SPF 3-Bay Internal SATA Drive Enclosure
An extra 2 or 3x3.5" drives can be installed below the existing drive bays using pre-drilled brackets or some strips of metal.
Extra cooling and a larger PSU maybe needed.