No room for extra hard drives? I was looking to set up a home server, but this doesn't seem to support additional drives. Not even an open pci/pci-e slot to add a card to support the extra drives, nevermind the whole no space inside problem.Any ideas? No room for extra hard drives? I was looking to set up a home server, but this doesn't seem to support additional drives. Not even an open pci/pci-e slot to add a card to support the extra... » Read More No room for extra hard drives? I was looking to set up a home server, but this doesn't seem to support additional drives. Not even an open pci/pci-e slot to add a card to support the extra drives, nevermind the whole no space inside problem.Any ideas? « Show Less
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This PC is absolutely NOT appropriate for being a server, home or anywhere else. A different kind of hardware is required.
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The system has one PCI Express x1 slot (PCIe-x1), which comes with a modem installed, but you can pull it and replace with something else. (I'm using a D-Link Gigabit Ethernet card in this slot, to make a small dual-homed UNIX server/firewall system.) The system has one 3.5" SATA hard drive inside, and the optical drive is a full-sized DVD drive (also SATA.) The motherboard has two SATA ports onboard, so you could upgrade the existing hard drive and replace the optical with a second hard drive (you'd need a 5.25" to 3.5" adapter though.) If you got fancy, you could probably make your own brackets and mount 2.5" drives instead / as well, but you'd still be limited by the SATA ports. The system has one PCI Express x1 slot (PCIe-x1), which comes with a modem installed, but you can pull it and replace with something else. (I'm using a D-Link Gigabit Ethernet card in this slot, to make a small dual-homed UNIX server/firewall system.) The system has one 3.5" SATA hard drive inside, and the optical drive is a full-sized DVD drive (also SATA.) The motherboard has two SATA ports onboard, so you could upgrade the existing hard drive and replace the optical with a second hard drive (you'd need a 5.25" to 3.5" adapter though.) If you got fancy, you could probably... » Read More The system has one PCI Express x1 slot (PCIe-x1), which comes with a modem installed, but you can pull it and replace with something else. (I'm using a D-Link Gigabit Ethernet card in this slot, to make a small dual-homed UNIX server/firewall system.) The system has one 3.5" SATA hard drive inside, and the optical drive is a full-sized DVD drive (also SATA.) The motherboard has two SATA ports onboard, so you could upgrade the existing hard drive and replace the optical with a second hard drive (you'd need a 5.25" to 3.5" adapter though.) If you got fancy, you could probably make your own brackets and mount 2.5" drives instead / as well, but you'd still be limited by the SATA ports. « Show Less
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Unfortunately, this cannot work as a stand alone server or connect to eSATA cables. Think of it a place to put additional hard drives when your computer chassis runs out of space inside. You still have to connect the drives to the motherboard inside, so you'll need long (internal-type) SATA cables to exit the chassis and connect to the hard drives in this little rack. There is no eSATA connection on it.
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Go to their website. They have setups to build your own... this one is already setup. And yes, I believe they are replaceable. But why buy this model to just replace with bigger drives when they already sell 1, bigger drives and 2, setups to build your own...
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As the others have said, this is for basically mounting up to 5 drives. It doesn't provide a way to connect the drives to your PC so you have flexibility. One person said they used SATA-USB cables. In my case I used SATA drives and connected them to a SAS expander chained off an LSI RAID card. For mounting the rack, I screwed it to the back of the PC case. I took advantage of the rack's fan and, since fans have screw mounts on both sides, screwed it to the case where the rear case fan would normally go. Not pretty but the PC, which is my server, sits in the basement. Not the rack's fan does double-duty; it pulls air out of the server & blows it across the drives, basically cooling both. As the others have said, this is for basically mounting up to 5 drives. It doesn't provide a way to connect the drives to your PC so you have flexibility. One person said they used SATA-USB cables. In my case I used SATA drives and connected them to a SAS expander chained off an LSI RAID card. For mounting the rack, I screwed it to the back of the PC case. I took advantage of the rack's fan and, since fans have screw mounts on both sides, screwed it to the case where the rear case fan would normally go. Not pretty but the PC, which is my server, sits in the basement. Not the rack's fan does... » Read More As the others have said, this is for basically mounting up to 5 drives. It doesn't provide a way to connect the drives to your PC so you have flexibility. One person said they used SATA-USB cables. In my case I used SATA drives and connected them to a SAS expander chained off an LSI RAID card. For mounting the rack, I screwed it to the back of the PC case. I took advantage of the rack's fan and, since fans have screw mounts on both sides, screwed it to the case where the rear case fan would normally go. Not pretty but the PC, which is my server, sits in the basement. Not the rack's fan does double-duty; it pulls air out of the server & blows it across the drives, basically cooling both. « Show Less
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It looks like there are slots for SATA 1.0 and SATA 2.0 with one being used by the currently installed hard drive. So there is an available slot to plug one in but I seriously doubt another internal hard drive would physically fit in the case. I would just add an external drive. I have two hooked up to mine :).
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Hi, I already have the NAS with 2 x WD Red 4TB with out any problem. I think that for using all the space like just one partition, you need to go to the manual or Synology web page. They have a good step by step tutorial to setup the storage in different ways. I'm using Synology hibryd raid, that is like mirroring.
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I have 2 (two) 8TB Seagate 3.5" hard drive in it and both works flawlessly, writing at the same time using a single eSATA interface. So with 4TB only 50% of my capacity per drive, it will support. In fact, I don't think it's the box's job to claim what it supports, it's just a marketing ploy and as you can see it's outdated. 6TB and 8TB drives are out now and they work.
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No. RAID configurations not recommended in this tower, in my opinion. I set mine up to run my GPU's in a RAID (possible 3), but found the internal space too tight after I went to 2. This board you asked about is set for a possible 4 RAID, which tells me it is too tight for the height space (not to mention that my twin GTX 670's barely fit, and when I say barely, I mean I had less than 6mm space between the back of the tower and the lower GPU). The tower would be great for config's up to 2 GPU's but not for complicated setups that are going to need a lot of creative wiring tie ups.
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I would never consider a 4 TB boot drive because I do not believe it's a great idea to keep data on the boot drive, for many valid reasons. I would also never build a system with a traditional platter HD. I installed an SD in my laptop, saw what I'd been missing, and installed one in my primary desktop. Best upgrade I ever made.I use WD Caviar Black drives for all of my data, as secondary drives. One issue with 4 TB drives is that some devices for streaming will not recognize them at all (Such as the WD TV Live).
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There are 4 drive bays. I haven't done so, but I understand you can rig the DVD slot for an additional drive. I have already added USB external without a problem. As far as the larger that 2TB drives - sorry, I haven't tried that. I'm running two small drives to handle the OS in a RAID configuration and 2-2TB drives in a RAID for everything else. Just haven't had a reason to upgrade beyond 2TB yet.
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Apparently the drivers or buffers or something in the interface cannot handle a higher capacity HDD. This is only a case & interface - you have to buy a HDD separately to put inside to complete it. HTH ...
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In the past RAID has been a hardware supported function. I don't use this in a RAID setup as I only have two drives in it so far. You should view this as four separate USB to SATA bridges. Any RAID function you want to use will have to be 100% software implemented.
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You can fit two hard drives in this case. It's pretty tight though, with the drives difficult to get in and out over the processor fan. If you plan on a custom CPU cooler, you may have to install the drives first. Depending on the mobo you pick, you may or may not have to install the drives before installing the mobo even with a stock cooler. Kind of a pain for maintenance but you shouldn't be swapping out hard drives very often. I have used different motherboards in this case and was able to squeeze one drive in and out without removing the board.
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Hello fellow Transcend card user: First of all, I am not using my card in a RAID configuration. However, I do believe your assumption is correct. I have an ASUS MoBo and to access the installed RAID functionality of the MoBo, I have to attach the hard drives directly to a specific set of SATA III I/O ports. You may want to check your MoBo manual for such requirements. You may also want to pose this question to your Mobo manufacturer. Further, you may want to consider running your RAID configuration from a USB-3 and/or e-SATA external RAID enclosure. Hope this information can be of some help - Good luck.
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Dear Customer this particular server have 4 X 1 TB Hard drives but you can fo on aur web side an built you own server Best RegardsAlex
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I have 4 x 6TB drives, 4 x 5TB drives driven by this card. There is no issue. I have no clue what post from t4d is about. Don't believe such non-sense. Enterprise networking is my bread and butter.
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Ok I had one of these units the operating system on this runs off of a DOM (Disk On Module) that plugs into a sata port on the motherboard. There are 4 hard drive openings for 2.5 or 3.5 sata hard drives. There is also one internal mounting point for a 2.5" ssd (for the ZIL upgrade). So to answer your question NO it does not have to use up any of the four main hard drive slots. The motherboard they use on this is ASRock C2550D4I that is unless they changed the spec. I hope these answers are useful. Also check out nas4free it's the original project that freenas is based off of.