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I have 20 250gb internal hard drives. What can I do with them?

Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by ryanlds, Mar 17, 2008.

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  1. ryanlds Newcomer, in training

    What can I do with 20 250 gb internal hard drives? What would I need to buy to turn them into a server? Any other ideas besides ebay?
    ryanlds, Mar 17, 2008
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  2. kimsland Ex-TechSpotter

    You can set them up for Raid, using all the Sata (assuming Sata HDD) connections onboard.
    But you will likely only use 4 Max

    The other 16, can be put into external cases (for USB)
    kimsland, Mar 17, 2008
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  3. tipstir TechSpot Ambassador

    Acutally could ditch the USB cases and get a 16 NAS kits and use them as Network Attached Storage which would have 10/100 or 10/100/100 NIC on it with Samba file management Admin GUI. Kits are $59 bucks on Amazon.
    tipstir, Mar 17, 2008
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  4. Nodsu Newcomer, in training

    Hum.. USB would be just silly - imagine the mess of wires and your USB probably wouldn't be able to power it all.

    Since SAS supports SATA drives, you could get a SAS enclosure and a SAS controller card for some kickass hardware/software RAID.

    Or, a proper storage server (NAS). These can come with some 48 drive bays no problem.
    Nodsu, Mar 18, 2008
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  5. kimsland Ex-TechSpotter

    LOL...I have no idea why I said that USB thingo, I think I still had eBay in mind.
    Imagine 16 USB drives :) !!

    Obviously NAS is the way to go, although I can't exactly find a 16Bay (or near to) one ! They all seem to be around 5
    kimsland, Mar 18, 2008
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  6. syndr0me Newcomer, in training

    I was just looking at 250gb hard drives. mine is dying or thats what i think. ( waiting for answers to my thread).

    Maybe u could sell me one or something? that would be really nice even if u said u dont want to sell them.

    thanks
    syndr0me, Mar 18, 2008
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  7. kimsland Ex-TechSpotter

    lol :) I'll have a look at your 2 new posts then.

    Also ryanlds said he doesn't want to sell on eBay (just yet)

    Don't reply here though.
    kimsland, Mar 18, 2008
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  8. skitzo_zac TechSpot Chancellor


    Hmmm, send them to me :p? I am always willing to accept ha rd drives!
    skitzo_zac, Mar 18, 2008
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  9. Tedster Techspot old timer.....

    sell them on ebay after wiping the drives clean.
    Tedster, Mar 22, 2008
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