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How can I power SATA HDDs given this motherboard?
First-time asker here (let me know if there's a better stack for this)
I recently bought a secondhand Lenovo ThinkServer TS460, intending to run a home media server on it using UnraidOS. Here's Lenovo'...
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Is there any rack-mount server case which support massive amount of HDD?
I just need to build my custom storage solution. The enterprise grade solution provided by third part company is too expensive and it doesn't cover my requirements.
I have overview all the mainstream ...
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Best Cheap NAS from eBay with Support for LFF
so browsing through Amazon I find NAS's that seem to be the right fit. This one for instance seems good: The Synology 12 bay
But the price is wayyyyyy too much ($1500 at the time of writing this). I'...
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Affordable expansion array for a public mirror server
We have a public server that provides mirror service for a variety of open-source software, like Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS and PyPI, RubyGems, CPAN, etc. Our daily outgoing network goes from 10 TB to 12 ...
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Difference between 3.5" and 2.5" SAS for home office server
I am looking to buy a small server for my home office. I do video editing, and currently using USB3 external disks is slowing me down, so I need a fast file server that I can use to store my live ...
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Media computer / NAS with HDMI
What I am trying to achieve :
Stream media to my TV using the least possible amount of devices.
What I currently own :
A Western Digital MyCloud Ex 2 Ultra NAS, and I am somewhat happy/unhappy ...
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PCIe SSD, SATA SSD or Hard disk drives for a 10-workers server?
For a server aimed to centralize the documents of a 10-people team, which kind of media would you advise to have a system that is both responsive and reliable?
I want the server not hanging and that ...
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Suggestions for storage pc
I own a small production company and use a lot of hard drives to backup my data. I want to find an affordable solution for file storage.
What is the best way to achieve this? It doesn't need to be ...
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2TB NAS HDD Power Supply Recommendations
I'm building a custom NAS as a backup server for multiple laptops in my house. I'm planning on buying four 2TB mechanical SATA hard drives that will be run in RAID 1
(Hard drives: https://www.newegg....
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Large external hard drive [closed]
I own a small cloud storage company and I was wondering what type of external hard drive/server I should purchase. I have considered this
80TB one, but is there a better choice?
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System to format at least 10 laptop SATA drives [closed]
Hi I'm looking for a system/rack or something similar which will be capable of formatting 10 SATA drives.
It can be more but no less than 10 drives.
I was thinking of some kind of server rack with ...
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Comparison Between Servers
The core process of the company is running on a 4 year old server, and at this point the I.T. Staff got the budget to buy a new server. The core process is a web app with intensive writing/reading ...
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Recommendation Between HDD and SSD for Web Server [closed]
As the new I.T. guy, the managment ask me for buying an new server for the core proccess application.
This is a web application, "hand made" for a courrier enterprise. As many standart web app, uses ...
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Small and inexpensive drive?
I am looking for a small drive of some sort for a private server hosted using a desktop computer. The server will be used as a private proxy. I only need around 25-50 GB, but everything I find is ...
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Freenas VS commercial NAS: what hardware would you reccomand? [closed]
I need to build a Raid 5 NAS system mainly for storage.
I am considering to use FreeNas server: what hardware would you recommend for a system with 5 HDD (total 3.5TB)?
I also have a pc sitting in ...
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