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SATA RAID Enclosures
I was wondering if anyone had some recommendations for sata raid enclosures that I can put my own drive in. I have 8 TB drives laying around that I would like to use for Nearline storage. Raid 5 or some level of raid protection.
I already have two HD pros for all the heavy work. I want to build another raid that I can attach to my X-serve. Sata connection would be fine. I will share this drive over ethernet. I will use this as a place to store archives. Once a project is done I can copy everything to this raid and let it sit for as long as needed. Then once its full I can delete the oldest project on there.
Looking for something low cost since it wont be getting heavy use.
Any help appreciated.
Nick Hasson
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Cal Digit HD Pro’s are nice – aren’t they ! So are products from Dulce, G-Tech, Maxx Digital, Sonnet, Active Storage, and so many other professional companies that sell professional products that you see advertised right here on Creative Cow. What a shame that the cheap crap companies that make cheap crap drive boxes don’t advertise here.
bob Zelin
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well i found drobo pro. Looks perfect for backup. Maybe they should advertise here.
Nick Hasson
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Hello Nick,
Please contact me or Bob Z privately I am sure we have a solution for you at Maxx Digital. ron@maxxdigital.com or bobz@maxxdigital.comSincerely,
Ron Amborn President
Maxx Entertainment Digital
21562 Newland Street
Huntington Beach , Ca 92646
Direct 714-374-4944
Cell 714-713-4492 Fax 714-374-3404
ron@maxxdigital.com
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Hey Nick, the DroboPro really isn’t bad. We’ve had it here for backups (using dual-disk redundancy) for just under a year, hooked up to an Xserve. The ability to mix and match different size drives and swap out to larger drives on the fly is very handy. Also very quiet if you ever want to go desktop.
Just don’t rely on it for SPEED (sorry Drobo). I’m lucky to get 30MB/s, and I’m using decent drives. While that’s fine for overnight backups, I’m not sure how that speed will fit into your environment. And, as you probably know, any drives you put in it will be formatted (erased).
Just know its limitations and that it’s a “toy” compared to the enterprise-level stuff featured on the Cow. But that doesn’t mean it’s not useful.
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We’ve tried a few enclosures at work in the hope of building some affordable storage for large system images we use everyday. The two we’ve tried so far are:
https://www.istarusa.com/storage/mini_trayless/v7age420es.aspx
and
https://www.axus.com.tw/product_fit_01.asp
We used Hitachi 1TB Ultrastars in each and got about 120MB/s read/write out of each using a SIIG PCIe SATA Card. We have not tested them to their limits, but for cheap storage they might be an option. However, when you compare them to a fully engineered solution like a Maxx Digital or CalDigit, you do see where that extra money went. For AFP sharing, with good drives, they might be just right.
For a popular article on an 8-drive home-built SATA array tested for HD video editing, take a look at:
https://www.squeezeanickel.com/SATAII/
JM
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