2TB Storage ideas

**lancer** · September 25th, 2007

I'm looking for some kind of storage under $1000.00 i'd ideally like it to be 2tb plus in size and it must have an rj45 10/100/1000 port.

Any ideas?

not rack.

**Admiral Michael** · September 25th, 2007

I think KC has an older one of these, he said it was great.

http://www.buffalotech.com/products/...e/terastation/

**kcnychief** · September 25th, 2007

Indeed, and I need to get an additional device soon. Very fast and great product, also love the software!

**Bman** · September 25th, 2007

Yea I also need more space, running out of space on my to 80gb harddrives.

**Sazar** · September 25th, 2007

Originally Posted by lancer

I'm looking for some kind of storage under $1000.00 i'd ideally like it to be 2tb plus in size and it must have an rj45 10/100/1000 port.

Any ideas?

not rack.

Are you looking for a NAS or SAN type config?

A terastation is a pretty decent option.

2 solutions below.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...9&sku=A1117706

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...9&sku=A1120502

**kcnychief** · September 26th, 2007

Originally Posted by Bman

Yea I also need more space, running out of space on my to 80gb harddrives.

Running out of space on 80GB is a little different than running out on a 1TB disk mate

**lancer** · September 26th, 2007

well actually i'm running out of space on my 6tb nas

**Sazar** · September 26th, 2007

What the heck? What kind of crazy, uncompressed pr0n do you have on your drives?

**fitz** · September 26th, 2007

dunno.. I just implemented an EMC SAN at work w/11.5TB of raw storage.. but that may be a little out of your price range..

edit:
If you have a box laying around that can stuff enough drives into, you could look at using something like OpenFiler or FreeNAS to build your own SAN (or NAS) device. Each supports Software RAID if you don't want to spring for a hardware RAID controller. Get yourself 4 - 750GB SATA drives, pop it into a RAID 5 array and you get 2.25TB..

**lancer** · September 26th, 2007

i actually have a $6k nas laying around that has no drives in it, i'm pricing it out now.

sazar, you have no idea just how close to the truth you are haha.

**LordOfLA** · September 26th, 2007

11.5TB SAN... hmm.

We have 2 7.5TB EMC san units at work and are waiting for a few more to arrive I believe

**Aprox** · September 26th, 2007

You guys are nuts, have you ever heard of DVD's? Burn the pron and games or whatever and leave the other stuff on your HD.

**fitz** · September 26th, 2007

Just for fun.. some pictures of 11.5 TB:

The top shelf is a set of 15x500GB SATA Drives,
The two shelves beneath it are each 15x136GB FC Drives

And the back..

edit: sorry.. I know I totally hijacked this thread..

To get back on topic.. I guess the question really is, if you just need storage, why not just grab a PC and stuff it with drives and do file sharing?

**kcnychief** · September 26th, 2007

^^^That post just gave me a chubby

**lancer** · September 26th, 2007

without going into too many details, this isn't a small request, i think we are up to about 36tb's of storage right now, i just need some kind of large storage to use as a swap space, i regularly swap about 2tb's a week of data.

**madmatt** · September 26th, 2007

Fitzy: Wow.... mmmm. Cookie-ristic!

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lancer There is no answer! Joined: October 2004 Location: FL, USA Posts: 3,087 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1430 Power: 137	2TB Storage ideas I'm looking for some kind of storage under $1000.00 i'd ideally like it to be 2tb plus in size and it must have an rj45 10/100/1000 port. Any ideas? not rack. "The world has just got smaller now, but people have got further away."

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Admiral Michael Michaelsoft Systems CEO Joined: February 2003 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Earth Posts: 3,125 Blog Entries: 8 Reputation: 2216 Power: 166	Re: 2TB Storage ideas I think KC has an older one of these, he said it was great. http://www.buffalotech.com/products/...e/terastation/ Apple MacBook Pro Intel Quad-Core i7 2GHz \| Corsair 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory \| WD 750GB 7200RPM Black Edition SATA Hard Drive \| Intel HD Graphics 3000/AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256MB GDDR5 \| 15.4" LED backlit glossy screen @ 1440x900 \| Dual Band Airport Wireless/Bluetooth \| Gigabit Ethernet \| Thunderbolt I/O \| Built-in Webcam \| Backlit Keyboard \| Firewire 800 \| DVDRW \| OS X Lion 10.7.1 My Site \| My DVD Collection \| Your Chevrolet Guy

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kcnychief █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: April 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 16,949 Reputation: 4941 Power: 305	Re: 2TB Storage ideas Indeed, and I need to get an additional device soon. Very fast and great product, also love the software! XBOX Live Gamertag: kcnychief

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Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,722 Blog Entries: 106 Reputation: 1386 Power: 221	Re: 2TB Storage ideas Yea I also need more space, running out of space on my to 80gb harddrives.

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Sazar F@H - Is it in you? Joined: April 2002 Location: Between Austin and Tampa Posts: 14,888 Reputation: 4110 Power: 313	Re: 2TB Storage ideas Originally Posted by lancer I'm looking for some kind of storage under $1000.00 i'd ideally like it to be 2tb plus in size and it must have an rj45 10/100/1000 port. Any ideas? not rack. Are you looking for a NAS or SAN type config? A terastation is a pretty decent option. 2 solutions below. http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...9&sku=A1117706 http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...9&sku=A1120502 Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home, is it in you?

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kcnychief █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: April 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 16,949 Reputation: 4941 Power: 305	Re: 2TB Storage ideas Originally Posted by Bman Yea I also need more space, running out of space on my to 80gb harddrives. Running out of space on 80GB is a little different than running out on a 1TB disk mate XBOX Live Gamertag: kcnychief

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lancer There is no answer! Joined: October 2004 Location: FL, USA Posts: 3,087 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1430 Power: 137	Re: 2TB Storage ideas well actually i'm running out of space on my 6tb nas "The world has just got smaller now, but people have got further away."

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Sazar F@H - Is it in you? Joined: April 2002 Location: Between Austin and Tampa Posts: 14,888 Reputation: 4110 Power: 313	Re: 2TB Storage ideas What the heck? What kind of crazy, uncompressed pr0n do you have on your drives? Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home, is it in you?

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fitz *XPista7eopardix Joined: April 2004 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 4,028 Reputation: 2947 Power: 168**	Re: 2TB Storage ideas dunno.. I just implemented an EMC SAN at work w/11.5TB of raw storage.. but that may be a little out of your price range.. edit: If you have a box laying around that can stuff enough drives into, you could look at using something like OpenFiler or FreeNAS to build your own SAN (or NAS) device. Each supports Software RAID if you don't want to spring for a hardware RAID controller. Get yourself 4 - 750GB SATA drives, pop it into a RAID 5 array and you get 2.25TB.. Hee-hee! Evil makes my buttocks tingle.

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lancer There is no answer! Joined: October 2004 Location: FL, USA Posts: 3,087 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1430 Power: 137	Re: 2TB Storage ideas i actually have a $6k nas laying around that has no drives in it, i'm pricing it out now. sazar, you have no idea just how close to the truth you are haha. "The world has just got smaller now, but people have got further away."

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LordOfLA Godlike! Joined: February 2004 Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,031 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 4137 Power: 213	Re: 2TB Storage ideas 11.5TB SAN... hmm. We have 2 7.5TB EMC san units at work and are waiting for a few more to arrive I believe If HK-47 and GLaDOS had a child, the character they create would cause the video game world to overdose on awesome. -sheridanmovieguy: Dragon age forum user.

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Aprox OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: August 2004 Location: California, USA Posts: 2,735 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 2036 Power: 142	Re: 2TB Storage ideas You guys are nuts, have you ever heard of DVD's? Burn the pron and games or whatever and leave the other stuff on your HD.

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fitz *XPista7eopardix Joined: April 2004 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 4,028 Reputation: 2947 Power: 168**	Re: 2TB Storage ideas Just for fun.. some pictures of 11.5 TB: The top shelf is a set of 15x500GB SATA Drives, The two shelves beneath it are each 15x136GB FC Drives And the back.. edit: sorry.. I know I totally hijacked this thread.. To get back on topic.. I guess the question really is, if you just need storage, why not just grab a PC and stuff it with drives and do file sharing? Hee-hee! Evil makes my buttocks tingle.

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kcnychief █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: April 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 16,949 Reputation: 4941 Power: 305	Re: 2TB Storage ideas ^^^That post just gave me a chubby XBOX Live Gamertag: kcnychief

September 26th, 2007	Top \| #15
lancer There is no answer! Joined: October 2004 Location: FL, USA Posts: 3,087 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1430 Power: 137	Re: 2TB Storage ideas without going into too many details, this isn't a small request, i think we are up to about 36tb's of storage right now, i just need some kind of large storage to use as a swap space, i regularly swap about 2tb's a week of data. "The world has just got smaller now, but people have got further away."

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