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RE: NAS Build 2019 Step 2 - First parts delivery

in #technology • 6 years ago (edited)

You can cut the price on drives in half going with 2TB Seagate SAS drives. You can get them for about $25 each.

You also don't have to fill up the case, and if you have no plans on getting anywhere near 15 drives, you can just go with a medium or full tower like the Fractal Design R5/R6.

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     6 years ago 

    Thanks for the tip! My file server has a max capacity of only 600 GB and it took my users about three years to finally fill that up. A lot of our stuff happens in the cloud these days. We are relatively small too.

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       6 years ago (edited)

      You could just go with two 10TB drives for $169 each (shucked drive from Best Buy) and do Raid 1. Don't need to get more complex than that.

      This is the lowest these drives have been, and they have a WD Red/White inside if you "shuck it" (pull the drive out of the external enclosure).

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       6 years ago 

      Very cool! I am lucky and I get education pricing. I might have to dig into this a little deeper.

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         6 years ago (edited)

        A video on shucking an 8TB Easy Store Drive

        Should be similar for most of the Easy Store Drives.