[kwlug-disc] storage suggestions

[opengeometry at yahoo.ca]

Or, if you've got some money...
    https://www.newegg.ca/qnap-tr-004-us/p/N82E16822099058
    https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=14_203&item_id=032450
-- 
William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca>


On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 02:04:42PM -0400, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> Actually I've already used up the Synology's USB ports for drives that I
> back the Synology itself up to.. but your idea has merit.
> 
> Now the Raspi is an idea also..  I've been playing with the idea of setting
> up a FreedomBox and IIRC there might be some sort of backups option in
> there..  I must go investigate that one..
> 
> Thanks, William.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 at 13:36, William Park via kwlug-disc <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
> 
> > Doesn't your Synology have USB port?  You could use that to "extend"
> > storage.  If not, some cheap laptop with USB3 port, or lastest Raspberry Pi
> > with USB3.
> > --William
> >
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> > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 12:15 PM, CrankyOldBugger
> > <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm finding that I'm constantly having to clean out my Synology NAS's
> > drive space as it keeps getting filled up these days.  So I'm trying to
> > come up with some sort of secondary storage solution..
> >
> > I don't want to buy new HDDs for the Synology as there's 4 bays,
> > (currently occupied by 4TB Seagates in each bay) since going to 4 x 8TB
> > could run me around $1,200 and I've used up my hardware budget for the next
> > decade already...
> >
> > I don't want to build a complete desktop style computer and throw a bunch
> > of drives into it.  I just don't have a lot of real estate for another
> > desktop..
> >
> > I don't want to buy another NAS like the Synology or QNAP (they're great
> > devices; I just can't justify the budget right now).
> >
> > Ideally I'd like something that's just a toaster size ethernet-connected
> > box that I can throw some old HDDs into, and ultimately something that's
> > smart enough to run FreeNAS on it.  It has to be able to run Linux, for
> > obvious reasons....  I imagine that I would use this box for backups,
> > although that's not set in stone yet.  The Synology handles my video
> > streaming duties well enough for now.
> >
> > Worse-case scenario, I do have an ancient Windows Home Server headless
> > device that I could try to load FreeNAS on to (assuming it still works),
> > although loading FreeNAS on to a drive on a different system then migrating
> > it over to the headless box sounds a bit challenging. The WHS only has
> > fast-ethernet so it would probably be restricted to slower duties like
> > backups...
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions?  I've been poking around Amazon and just
> > not seeing something that I like.
> >
> >
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