lockrob2000 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Hello - And sorry if this is a very basic topic for most of you all. My server (an HP) can only have 5 HDD's, so over the past years I have been upping the HDD sizes as needed and now had several older and smaller HDD's that I would like to find a way to use in the system. Is there a device that I can use to tie these drives into the system? I've researched, but as I am not really sure what I am looking for, I'm not really sure if I've found anything useful... Thanks- Quote Link to comment
Abzstrak Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 you could get an external esata enclosure, assuming you have esata that supports multipliers. Otherwise could go with a usb. You should be able to find an enclosures for 4 or 5 drives in a reasonable price range. Quote Link to comment
lockrob2000 Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 And then unRaid will see the drives as internal? Thanks- Quote Link to comment
lockrob2000 Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 Does anyone have any brand suggestions? Thanks- Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 USB not recommended for array or pool disks for several reasons. Port multipliers will impact performance on multidisk operations such as parity check and rebuilds. Quote Link to comment
lockrob2000 Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 Sorry...but what does that leave if not USB or SATA port multiplier? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 External SAS, it also works with SATA devices. Quote Link to comment
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