- Dec 23, 2006
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I have atm a large and expanding media library consisting mostly of uncompressed BR rips. Currently it is at 1.36TB and growing quickly. Right now I have...
2x 1TB internal HD's
1x 1TB external (esata)
1x 2TB external (esata, 2x1TB internal)
for 5TB total. One 1tb drive is for os/scratch and is separate from the media library completely. Since my collection is rather large and has taken a year to accumulate, I want a full backup at all times. The way it is setup now I have the main "backup" folder on the 2TB drive, with the copy split across my 1TB external and my extra 1tb internal drive. This setup is... less than ideal so I'm thinking about upgrading/streamlining my setup and could use some ideas, storage is not my great forte
Requirements:
I'd want at least 3TB of storage with up to 3TB backup space.
Don't need hot-swap, nor is high performance required.
Compact and quiet is nice, but if something big or loud gets the job done better, I'll do it
Ideas:
Something akin to http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817998043
Pros: up to 4TB storage, seems simple, not too expensive
Cons: Supposedly some only support up to 750gb or 1TB drives (I would like to have support for up to 2TB drives for the future), supposedly sort of unreliable/unrefined, loud fan, takes multiple SATA ports which for me are limited. Seems clunky and bothersome, don't know if I want to have all that bogging down my main gaming PC
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Scavenge the drives from my external and put 2TB drives in (if possible)
Pros: I reuse the external enclosure I have, and gain two 1TB internal drives
Cons: Don't even know if it can be done, 2TB drives still expensive
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Get a multibay NAS and fill with drives
Pros: Simple
Cons: Empty enclosures are pretty expensive, for like a 4 bay setup
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Build a file server box and fill with all the 1TB drives I can find
Pros: Simple enough, I have some spare parts I could use in it to make cheaper. Case, motherboard, ram
Cons: Big ol computer case sitting somewhere drawing power, doesn't seem like a very efficient solution.
So, any ideas/thoughts/criticisms/flaming?
2x 1TB internal HD's
1x 1TB external (esata)
1x 2TB external (esata, 2x1TB internal)
for 5TB total. One 1tb drive is for os/scratch and is separate from the media library completely. Since my collection is rather large and has taken a year to accumulate, I want a full backup at all times. The way it is setup now I have the main "backup" folder on the 2TB drive, with the copy split across my 1TB external and my extra 1tb internal drive. This setup is... less than ideal so I'm thinking about upgrading/streamlining my setup and could use some ideas, storage is not my great forte
Requirements:
I'd want at least 3TB of storage with up to 3TB backup space.
Don't need hot-swap, nor is high performance required.
Compact and quiet is nice, but if something big or loud gets the job done better, I'll do it
Ideas:
Something akin to http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817998043
Pros: up to 4TB storage, seems simple, not too expensive
Cons: Supposedly some only support up to 750gb or 1TB drives (I would like to have support for up to 2TB drives for the future), supposedly sort of unreliable/unrefined, loud fan, takes multiple SATA ports which for me are limited. Seems clunky and bothersome, don't know if I want to have all that bogging down my main gaming PC
---------
Scavenge the drives from my external and put 2TB drives in (if possible)
Pros: I reuse the external enclosure I have, and gain two 1TB internal drives
Cons: Don't even know if it can be done, 2TB drives still expensive
---------
Get a multibay NAS and fill with drives
Pros: Simple
Cons: Empty enclosures are pretty expensive, for like a 4 bay setup
---------
Build a file server box and fill with all the 1TB drives I can find
Pros: Simple enough, I have some spare parts I could use in it to make cheaper. Case, motherboard, ram
Cons: Big ol computer case sitting somewhere drawing power, doesn't seem like a very efficient solution.
So, any ideas/thoughts/criticisms/flaming?