DAS recommandation
Hello lemmy, I have currently 4x4tb hard drives but they are almost full. Im thinking of getting a 8 bay das so i can put extra drives in it. I have looked around but wasnt able to find something that looked good, does someone have recommandations? Thanks for your time!
I doubt many are looking for 8-bay DAS, anything larger than 4-bay you are probably better off with NAS. Many DAS have limited RAID support, which can make having more drives more risky.
But i already have a computer that works well enough, isnt it a waste to completly replace it with a nas?
The NAS will have a lower power consumption.
That would replace the computer with the NAS though and is not true for a server that you'd want to extend, right?
What? I don’t follow sorry
No worries I phrased that quite weird I think.
A NAS is only more power efficient if the additional power of a full server is not used. If for some reason the server is still needed than the NAS will be additional power consumption and not save anything.
(for example I run some quite RAM and compute heavy things on my server which no stock NAS could handle I think).
I’ll take an 8 bay NAS with Thunderbolt/USB 4 for the best of both worlds. My only problem is that I’m very sensitive to sound and I don’t want spinning hard drives in my office.
Terra Master has a six bay DAS.
https://www.terra-master.com/us/products/homesoho-das/d6-320.html
I just bought one, but I haven't set it up yet. But it looks like it will fit me nicely based on apalrd video https://youtu.be/qML-ct2dGvQ
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I personally use an old self-built desktop running linux (TrueNAS and Windows also work). Getting a case with lots of drive bays is inexpensive. And it lets you do pretty much whatever you want with the NAS as it's a full blown computer. I always found the prices for the purpose built NAS to be shockingly high.
And the thing is, you can get cases like the Silverstone CS382 for $200 with 8 hot-swap HDD bays, regular mATX mobo and full size PSU and install whatever you want in there. Why be tied down to a proprietary enclosure?
I think Mediasonic still makes 8 bay DAS units, they're becoming a lot rarer.
I would probably start looking at NAS units if I were you, or buy a bigger tower case and fit the disks internally instead.
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Why not upgrade two drives to 12TB ones? May be cheaper.