​So you're the one the government has employed to retain all of our browsing data.

Just when I think, I've got a problem, I meet you. God bless you sir

I have a case very similar to this

https://www.xcase.co.uk/collections/4u-rackmount-cases/products/x-case-extra-value-rm-424-24-hotswap-bays

Running with a decent motherboard with 8GB of ram. To deal with drive connections I have an Areca card similar to this.

https://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16816151027

Which handles all do the drive control as otherwise it would need multiple Sata control card which gets messy (if your motherboard can even handled the multiple cards needed) and even more expensive.

I then have a total of 23 WD Reds and the one 8TB Seagate giving 100TB of unformatted storage and approximately 91TB of formatted storage.

This server then sits in a full height server rack which houses my home theatre PC, Amp and games consoles as everything in the house is wired into that cupboard via network switches and a 4x4 av matrix meaning I can watch/play everything in most rooms around the house.

It's a big system but I've slowly built up to it over the years starting with small NASs then going to small HP home server, then extender boxes and HP micro servers. This was the most cost effective and least power hungry setup in the end and suits my needs perfectly and it will never need replacing as a whole as drives can be swapped out easily and complements replaced in the event of any failures.

I wouldn't trust a Seagate, let alone with 8tb of my data.

I wouldn't trust a Seagate, let alone with 8tb of my data.

I've been using one of these for 18 months in my 100TB media server and it's been bullet proof. I paid £183 for mine back then so this is the closest it's been again since. I'm still got 28TB capacity so I'm good for now but will definitely take a look at these when the time comes

​Haha. A standard bluray is 50GB (most are dual layer to fit extra audio tracks and extras on). A 100TB server will fit 2048 of those on it. That's just movies. Take into account FLAC music albums, TV shows and RAW picture albums and you've filled that space up fairly quickly.

Some people just want maximum quality, this drive is a great drive whether in NAS or Desktop.

I have had 3 seagate drives fail within 1 year in my nas swapped them all out with WD Reds and been going strong for almost 3 years now.

Just when I think, I've got a problem, I meet you. God bless you sir

Just doing the maths. :smile:

*My NAS is 15TB RAID 5, but different strokes, different folks I guess? :wink:

not cheap at all, I got mine for 166 few months ago from Novatech
The price has been hovering around 179 anyway
200 is definitely not a deal

Post up some pics and details of your monster kit!