Multiple HDD enclosure question

[pooper]

Thanks, i'll give them a try.

Managed to find the 5.25" 4x bay enclosure on overclock here.

But for £156 + 4x HDD caddies (~£80) = £236......

Screw that i'd probably just stick with 4 of these for less than half the price!

So i'm kinda hoping that the Stardom 4x 3.5" bay enclosure is around £150... but somehow i can see it being quite a bit more than that now!

[ZrByte]

Originally Posted by pooper

yah im not interested in a NAS solution, as this is purely for me to access my archives locally

Hmm getting 4x separate USB2 enclosures will be just under £100.... which is OK...

Just wondering if it would be better if i got that 4x 5.25" bay enclosure and bought 4 caddies like i currently have...

Hmmmmmmm decisions decisions!

It's annoying really, as i don't plan on having PATA drives for much longer (ideally im hoping this drives will hold out until SSDs become more mainstream.... larger.....and a hell of a lot cheaper!)

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Hmm just been looking around and due to shipping costs and various other factors, i'm most definitely NOT going to be ordering from abroad!

So if anyone can find THIS ENCLOSURE to buy from a UK online retailer, I will love you long time! $5?

(Got my hopes up with Span, but they seem to have everything BUT)

Though you where not initially after a NAS it may infact be more suitable to you, especially if you have a router as you allready have the needed infrastructure to add as many as needed. And if you bought two of those SC101's that CrC-3rr0r posted to fit 2x drives each it would also be cheaper.

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Originally Posted by CrC-3rr0r

About the SC101 I ready this a year or so back linked from tomsnetworking:

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/conte.../24757/75/1/2/

Quote

" however, is the drive format, which Windows reports as SFSZ. So when I tried to run the Windows Disk check and defrag utilities on the SC drive, Windows politely declined. My contact at Zetera explained that SFSZ is a enterprise-class SAN file system from DataPlow designed for "very high-end applications and supercomputing centers". "

Which for a cheap 70 quid machine is quite awesome.

Think people need to understand what NAS, SAN, Distributed Network File Systems are. I guess in its simplest form a windows share can be considered a NAS but I have always associated true NAS as being enterprise class.

With 10Tb at ones disposal one learns quickly the benefits of building a NAS cluster.

The only other real downside I see about that one then since it does support large file sizes is the method in wich drives are shared on each machine. Sepperate IP's for each hdd or rather each partition and no built in network share does make it a lot more complicated and messy to set up.

[pooper]

Really dont wanna go down the NAS route.

http://www.raidsonic.de/en/pages/sea...tID=3774&pid=0

REALLY wanna get that one, but the only place i can find it, is on German sites :/

SOMEONE must sell it over here! :'(

[atsa2]

Could try this solution?
http://www.raidsonic.de/en/pages/pro...=2571#techdata
It does only take 2 drives, but they are stackable, takes 5.25 and optical as well.
Can be got at Scan
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...roductID=81537
for £82 each. Get an Y-split power cable & only one power socket needed.

[pooper]

Hmmm that's going to total around £200 (after i buy separate caddies as well), plus id rather have it all-in-one, for ease of transportation etc

[atsa2]

Originally Posted by pooper

Hmmm that's going to total around £200 (after i buy separate caddies as well), plus id rather have it all-in-one, for ease of transportation etc

Didn't price comparisons - sorry.
Have you tried asking Nanopoint (UK distributor), they may be able to get a price/supply one?

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Had a look on a few German price comparison sites, price ranges from €300-400 (£200-£270). Carriage is only €20 tho. Could also be asking nanopoint if they will support it if you buy it abroad - returns etc

[pooper]

Yah i think that's the going price :/

http://www1.hardwareversand.de/6V_F1...aid=5848&lid=2

Including shipping, i was quoted €325 (~£220)

Not heard of Nanopoint

[Graham M]

Why not just plug them all in?

[Lenx]

Originally Posted by pooper

Yah i think that's the going price :/

http://www1.hardwareversand.de/6V_F1...aid=5848&lid=2

Including shipping, i was quoted €325 (~£220)

Not heard of Nanopoint

How about this one?

http://www.nanopoint.co.uk/en/pages/..._objectID=2203

Nonopoint are based in Telford I think...

Lenx