I have an old computer that I use for storing and streaming my media. It has an attached external drive. I would like to increase my storage and build something that could be extensible to at least 100TB. I am not worried about backup.
I looked and I think I need a HDD rack or enclosure. Some people gave me links to good deals on ebay and some other sellers but they are based on the US and shipping fees are high. I saw this HDD enclosure and it seems to be what I am searching but I don't if they are good.
Do you have some advices for me?
100TB, external enclosures, no backups 🤔 I would pickup a used storage server with a lot of drive bays from eBay. The external bays seem attractive but I’ve never heard good stories about performance or reliability.
That's what I am afraid of, some people told me that you end up having issues when you fill it up, so few years after if you buy an HDD a year.
I don't understand why some says they don't support HDD of more than 16TB.
For 100TB it's worth looking into a dedicated storage server -- there are tons of them available for cheap. labgopher makes it easy to track sales on ebay by price/storage/ram/whatever.
The majority of servers there are shipped from the US and shipping for me is triple the prices.
Does your "old computer" have usb3 or usb c? If not you'll find it very slow to access all that data over usb 2
You’ll be better off trying to get a proper network attached storage (NAS) rather than an enclosure. Either buy a pre-made one or make one out of parts. That way you can use the network speeds. Or you could get a usb3 pcie card, they are very cheap these days.
not usually too hard to fine older Norco and similar cases with 16+ drive bays.
I got one on FB Marketplace for less than the cost of a new 10tb drive.
