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?

  • tomten@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If I where you I would just buy a regular case that can fit a decent amount of HDDs like a fractal define 7 or one of its older versions and transplant your current computer into that with some new drives. 100tb is 5 20tb drives so you don’t need that many.

    USB enclosures are not a great way to handle storage as USB tends to be unreliable.

    • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      I have the Define 6 stuffed with 8 or 9 drives in it right now. I started with 3 and just add drives as needed as my storage pool fills up.