Skltnjak1 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 hello i am extremely new to unraid and NAS in general. i currently have Unraid on a Hp prodesk 600 with a 3 gen i5 and 12gb of ram. runs amazingly well the only down side is it only has 1 HDD slot. My question is can i add more storage via an external enclosure like the mediasonic 4 bay enclosure https://www.neweggbusiness.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIV2EJ8U86091&ignorebbr=1&source=region&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleBizMKPL-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleBizMKPL-PC-_-pla-Mediasonic+Store-_-External+Enclosure-_-9SIV2EJ8U86091&gclid=Cj0KCQjwocPnBRDFARIsAJJcf97GXZHDonR4MUhvrIFTgFJaHBqVp2ZEz427xn5E4BJP3Nya8Hh7VFQaAgNyEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds or would it be better to just start over as far as hardware goes? any help would be greatly appreciated Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 You can, but you probably shouldn't, both USB and eSATA (with a port multiplier) can have performance and reliability issues, if you really need external look for a SAS enclosure. Quote Link to comment
Helmonder Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 If you can scrape it together I would go for the new hardware... Quote Link to comment
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