Agreed, not really worth it unless you've got loads of them. Unless you perhaps wanted to put the OS on them for the NAS, leaving larger HDDs free for network use.. maybe.
In which case, a JBOD setup will do it.
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Agreed, not really worth it unless you've got loads of them. Unless you perhaps wanted to put the OS on them for the NAS, leaving larger HDDs free for network use.. maybe.
In which case, a JBOD setup will do it.
Yes, there is. JBOD (Just a bunch of disks). It's effectively the opposite of partitioning a drive - combines several drives of any size into one large partition.
So if you had a 30GB drive, a 400gb drive, and a 500gb drive, you would be able to span them to give a 930gb partition (were you to try RAID0ing them, you would have a 90GB partition).
Yes, there is. JBOD (Just a bunch of disks). It's effectively the opposite of partitioning a drive - combines several drives of any size into one large partition.
So if you had a 30GB drive, a 400gb drive, and a 500gb drive, you would be able to span them to give a 930gb partition (were you to try RAID0ing them, you would have a 90GB partition).
Yep and in Linux you can use LVM to make huge drives and keep expanding them when necessary.
Yeah, any prebuilt NAS device will do that. Some are far better than others - I'm not really up to speed on them these days as I built my own server.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=1240&subid=1239
is the OcUK range. A little on the expensive side but they sell some of the better models. Just google 'NAS enclosure' if you want something a little cheaper.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=1240&subid=1239
is the OcUK range. A little on the expensive side but they sell some of the better models. Just google 'NAS enclosure' if you want something a little cheaper.
I'm running a Freecom 1TB NAS drive here, no problems nice case and low power consumption; parents were getting annoyed at the Pentium2 file server being on all the time with it being somewhat noisey and a power hog.
Would have liked to have gotten an ICY box or similar but couldn't justify the outlay to myself at the time.
Would have liked to have gotten an ICY box or similar but couldn't justify the outlay to myself at the time.
Yep, the OC's range is a little expensive for what i need.
And 1TB is a litle big for now I was thinking around 320gb or a cage i can put my 320gb sata in., had a little google and most i've seen seem to be IDE attachments.
And 1TB is a litle big for now I was thinking around 320gb or a cage i can put my 320gb sata in., had a little google and most i've seen seem to be IDE attachments.