I’ve been looking to buy some kind of external storage for a while now, and this page is pretty much my scratch-page for collecting data.
Requirements:
Hardware (requirements) Space for 4-6 3.5" HDDs Quiet enough to be unnoticeable from a few meters away Should be around the same size as the hard drives put together (with some space in between of course) Gigabit ethernet Hardware (nice to have) Possibility of mounting 2.5" disks Fans should be still when the drive is not in use Some high-speed connection, like eSATA or USB3, which can be connected directly to another computer Software (requirements), if I can simply install linux on the machine, then the features below are not required RAID 10 Samba Logging/status (CPU, Memory, Storage, Temperature) Access restriction on a user level + anonymous access Software (nice to have) RAID 6 Wake-on-Lan Alternatives to investigate: NAS Servers @ prisjakt Uses its own OS, which usually includes a lot of services Usually needs to flash the ROM to change OS Price range is 1.5-10k SEK External Storage Chassi @ prisjakt No OS, just connected to another machine Price range is 1-4k SEK ZyXEL NAS540/NAS542 Type: NAS
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