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Does cheap networked storage exist?

TridenT

TridenT

Lifer
It seems that all the enclosures I find are at least $100+ for something that holds 2 drives or more. Many 4 bay enclosures going over $300... I find that quite ridiculous. Can I find something for cheaper because Newegg seems to fail me?
 
I just got a router (E4200) with a good USB sharing thing. Can use a USB hub to share multiple drives.
 
"Cheap" is a relative term. Some people store "disposable" data on $$ cheap storage units because it wouldn't kill them if their data was hosed by low quality components.
Other people view their data as valuable and spend enough on quality hardware to make them comfortable.
In neither situation should the users feel secure with their data stored on only a single device.
 
A nas enclosure isn't an expensive drive enclosure, it's a cheap computer.

Find a $50 P4 pc with SATA, slap freeNAS on it and load it with drives.

Your electric bill will go up way more than the money you save on the enclosure though.
 
dave_the_nerd said:
A nas enclosure isn't an expensive drive enclosure, it's a cheap computer.

Find a $50 P4 pc with SATA, slap freeNAS on it and load it with drives.

Your electric bill will go up way more than the money you save on the enclosure though.
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I don't have to pay my electric fortunately(included in rent), but I don't really want something hogging a lot of electricity anyway... I also don't want a big heat generator or something that is noisy. :/

I guess I'll have to keep searching...
 
TridenT said:
I don't have to pay my electric fortunately(included in rent), but I don't really want something hogging a lot of electricity anyway... I also don't want a big heat generator or something that is noisy. :/

I guess I'll have to keep searching...
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put it in another room. Also a huge advantage of a full PC is that you get ZFS and not the super crappy stuff a NAS box will have...
 
TridenT said:
Studio apartment.
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Ah.. use very quit cooling. An IGP and a huge fan set to very low RPMs should be so quiet that the only thing you will hear is the HDDs spinning (which unfortunately makes noise, but are rather quiet themselves)

Place it strategically to have barriers between it and your bed.
 
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