Hello,
I'm looking at a lot of solutions - thunderbolt 2, LSI, NAS or a PC with 12 4TB drives. What it comes down to is my need for a large amount of storage (4TB drives in each bay), excellent redundancy as I won't be backing it up, very good speed, and a nearly silent raid solution. I'm used to just buying dell arrays for work servers as there is no need to worry about noise in a server room. I've built all of my PCs to be nearly silent from a few feet away despite the high end processor and video cards and 8 drives in each.
I would definitely appreciate any experience you care to share as it may greatly reduce my research time on an ideal solution for my needs.
Looking to build or buy silent ext array 12 bay
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Re: Looking to build or buy silent ext array 12 bay
Oldie, but perhaps "goldie": http://www.silentpcreview.com/Mid-Tower ... igurations
Re: Looking to build or buy silent ext array 12 bay
quest_for_silence wrote:Oldie, but perhaps "goldie": http://www.silentpcreview.com/Mid-Tower ... igurations
Thanks - if I built a PC instead of buying some sort of dedicated array, I think I'd go with the COSMO II although who knows when the Cosmos III will be out.
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Re: Looking to build or buy silent ext array 12 bay
boe wrote:if I built a PC instead of buying some sort of dedicated array, I think I'd go with the COSMO II although who knows when the Cosmos III will be out.
That whole article is not just a recommendations list, it may worth some tought and some second thought also.
Re: Looking to build or buy silent ext array 12 bay
THanks - I don't know much about options for quiet external arrays or NAS devices but I could build an entire new PC/server for about $4kquest_for_silence wrote:boe wrote:if I built a PC instead of buying some sort of dedicated array, I think I'd go with the COSMO II although who knows when the Cosmos III will be out.
That whole article is not just a recommendations list, it may worth some tought and some second thought also.