Most cheap way to have 2x2TB disks
elcidowneador opened this issue · 5 comments
Hello,
I want to use my Fujitsu S740 as a NAS with TrueNAS. But i don't know how to do it cheaply without needing modifications to get power. Basically, i want two disks with 2 TB, but i'm a bit lost about the options i have here, because for the 2nd i need to use an adapter so the type will be different than i will use in the default port. Reading documentation it doesn't make entirely clear to me.
Could someone give me some suggestions? Thank you!
You could use two usb-3.0-enclosures to install the two disk.
I did it this way.
I set up a zfs mirror using this disk to mitigate usb stability problems.
Are you using 2,5" o 3,5" drives, @bw1faeh0 ?
2.5" 2 TB disks.
Can i ask why you decided to install it on USB 3.0 enclosures instead of using something like that?
I had no desire to retrofit SATA.
The photo shows quite well why I chose USB.
It may be that the USB solution is not as performant as a SATA solution, but for my simple datatank it is perfectly sufficient.