Recommendation for JBOD rig

[BonzaiDuck]

LOL as they say :-D problem rise when you want to... hide the cable ;-)

I will have to make the jump and pull some cat6 in my hardline phone lines... just a litlle afraid to have them break in the process as my electrician said ;-)

I'm just a little confused. When I said "MST," did you look at these?

http://www.addonics.com/products/mst.php

 

[Namoi]

Hmm i didn't saw this one oO... need to investigate further but the design should be WAF compatible :-D

Thanks.

I don't know how i could have missed it as i had a thorough look on their product... maybe i didn't scroll deeply enough when i saw their up page towers.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I would avoid using a USB extension cable. I've seen them work, but my own experience has been spotty, especially for storage.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Hmm i didn't saw this one oO... need to investigate further but the design should be WAF compatible :-D

Thanks.

I don't know how i could have missed it as i had a thorough look on their product... maybe i didn't scroll deeply enough when i saw their up page towers.

I THOUGHT you missed something there!

You can trick them out with hot-swap bays, but it will cost you. Otherwise, the box and PSU is going to run $99+shipping+tax. That's it. You supply the drives.

Answering nerdy-dave, I agree, but there are these powered USB repeater cables you can get in a 15 to 20' length. I wouldn't try such a thing with storage devices unless it were just a casual experiment or a last resort.

Otherwise, I'd simply use a 1-meter eSATA cable. Possibly, one might wish to try the USB3 route: somewhere I read among these products we've looked at that it could actually be faster. My inclination is toward eSATA, though.

But Namoi got himself back on track on the WAF issue and the appearance of the various options, so no need to hide anything 20 feet from the HT center.

BACK TO NAMOI: There is only one word that describes the Addonics web-site: "F***y." It is not easily navigable. ONce you get trapped on a page that has a "buy" button, you can't find the detailed spec sheets!

But it's like books and oranges, covers and peels -- I wouldn't judge their products by their web-site.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Sorry, but I got pose this question, even if a tad off topic. And I think it may fit into "power" if not "power supplies." You will find a "power supply" consideration in the promo-spec sheet [Zoom to 200%]:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...6&cm_re=USB3_25'_cable-_-12-228-866-_-Product

1) I always thought Tripp-Lite was an established and reliable firm;

2) If they guarantee it meeting the USB 3.0 spec of 5 Gb/s, that seems to fit the maximum speed for any disk device you buy. Why would this present a risk if they meet the spec, and it's a "repeater" cable?

Also, another question. Some router-switches are equipped with USB 2 ports. Are there any sporting USB 3? And wouldn't those be available throughout the network? Or am I wrong?

 

[Namoi]

For the routers most of them now handle usb3 AFAIK.
If I had to choose one right now, this one would be on my top list

http://www.asus.com/Networking/RTAC68U/

 

[BonzaiDuck]

For the routers most of them now handle usb3 AFAIK.
If I had to choose one right now, this one would be on my top list

http://www.asus.com/Networking/RTAC68U/

I'm guessing and wondering if that lets you turn a DAS into a NAS.

Personally, I was more interested in the DAS idea. I've already got a server, which runs 24/7. I really wouldn't want to run the contraptions we've discussed day-in, day-out. But I'm sure one could, and many would.

 

[MongGrel]

I've never setup a separate case like this but have looked into it in the past, Mobius seemed to be mentioned a lot over time as being a good solution and reliable.

I had looked at Icy Docks in the past also, I guess I'm just not up to speed on those things.

Either seems better than a DYI setup.

 

[Namoi]

Depends of the psu quality, the electronics and cooling.
I wanted (still want) to go that way, but throwing 16 TB of datas in an enclosure give me some thrills.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I've never setup a separate case like this but have looked into it in the past, Mobius seemed to be mentioned a lot over time as being a good solution and reliable.

I had looked at Icy Docks in the past also, I guess I'm just not up to speed on those things.

Either seems better than a DYI setup.

One definitely gets some assurance with the Mobius unit. I would just bet that the Addonics parts are good. They been AROUN' -- you know. For quite a while.

I've actually been toying with the idea of getting the Addonics parts out of curiosity. Generally, all the built-in PSU needs to do is provide stable HDD power. I should poke around some more at their convoluted web-site.

That leaves the port-multiplier/raid-controller. it's either going to be a decent piece of hardware, or a P-O-S. But . . . they been AROUN', you know . . .

[Somehow, this pastime and obsession leans one toward buying things in pieces. Last time I bought an OEM computer was the year 1994 . . . Sometimes it's fun. Sometimes, it works out fairly well. Sometimes -- it doesn't work out so well.]