How to make a big drive...

Cavallino · 11 Sep 2022 at 21:43

Is there anyway to create one big drive of several dozens of TB on the cheap?
Ive got loads of HDs lying around and was wondering how to make use of them.....

Are there any bog standard ways to get them "linked" together in a nas or something?

Cheers folks.

Cavallino · 15 Sep 2022 at 17:34

Cheers guys.... I as looking at something like this...

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Are these any good?

Cavallino · 15 Sep 2022 at 18:53

Hmm I see. so could i have one large volume e.g. a 60tb volume assigned as a single drive letter?

Cavallino · 15 Sep 2022 at 22:52

Thanks bud. Appreciate the insights.
Could you recommend a JBOD type USB enclosure? Im looking for something that can support up to a total of 80TB of storage.

Cavallino · 15 Sep 2022 at 23:41

Sweet... are there certain recommended drives for these enclosures or will any 18tb HD do?

Cavallino · 21 Dec 2022 at 01:40

Hello folks, can I just confirm that WD Elements is the go to "big" size HD bang for buck? Perhaps 20TB?

Cavallino · 21 Dec 2022 at 11:01

Thanks Snapshot.

Cavallino · 21 Dec 2022 at 11:51

Are there any enclosures which support USB 3 for these drives?
I saw the 5 Bay Hard Drive Enclosure, Yottamaster Aluminum USB3.0, but it says it only supports up to 18TB?

Cavallino · 21 Dec 2022 at 15:03

I want the drives to be separate and independent from the PC itself and just to connect them up via USB3.0.
I.e. just to make one big drive consisting of 3 or 4 20TB in that Yottamaster enclosure.

Cavallino · 21 Dec 2022 at 15:54

Snapshot said:
It's likely that 18TB was the largest drive available when the enclosure was released and the text just hasn't been updated. This is perfectly normal.

Ah cheers Snapshot.
Looks like Im all set then!