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12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:52 am
by Rubix
I have a 3.5 Sata drive on the way and would like to use it as an external drive for 4k films. Are there caddies out there that would allow this?

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:24 am
by T9Flake
Amazon has a few listings of external enclosures if you want to check there

this link may help https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dcomputers&field-keywords=3.5hd+enclosure+

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:27 am
by jawafour
*Twelve* terabytes? :o . Rubix, are you planning on setting up a data centre?

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:41 am
by Errkal
jawafour wrote:*Twelve* terabytes? :o . Rubix, are you planning on setting up a data centre?

My previous Plex server was tha size and near enough full and that was with 720 stuff, storage fills fast and if I was going down the 4k route I would want way way way more than that.

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:42 am
by Errkal
I would also have a look at making a low powered PC to do it, you can pick up a cheap mobo cpu bundle and a case with a load of drive bays and make your own using something like FreeNAS as the OS for it. Gives you all the features and more of a NAS enclosure but can be cheaper and more expandable.

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:45 am
by Frank
Where’d you buy it/how much was it for 12TB? I’ve got an 8TB one that’s about half full but I think it’d be worth setting something up as a backup drive otherwise that’s my entire media collection gone!

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:57 am
by <]:^D
damn thats a lot of porn
im still on 720p !

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 11:03 am
by Rubix
Frank wrote:Where’d you buy it/how much was it for 12TB? I’ve got an 8TB one that’s about half full but I think it’d be worth setting something up as a backup drive otherwise that’s my entire media collection gone!


https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B075X181C5

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 11:05 am
by Moggy
<]:^D wrote:damn thats a lot of porn


It's Rubix. 12TB is less than 2% of his porn collection.

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 11:19 am
by <]:^D
how many boobies is that? billion?

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 11:19 am
by Rubix
Moggy wrote:
<]:^D wrote:damn thats a lot of porn


It's Rubix. 12TB is less than 2% of his porn collection.


4K porn :wub:

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 11:20 am
by Rubix
By the way, i got the drive for free :shifty:

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:19 pm
by <]:^D
Rubix wrote:
Frank wrote:Where’d you buy it/how much was it for 12TB? I’ve got an 8TB one that’s about half full but I think it’d be worth setting something up as a backup drive otherwise that’s my entire media collection gone!


https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B075X181C5


£430 :lol:
you could get a whole PC with that money

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:20 pm
by <]:^D
Rubix wrote:By the way, i got the drive for free :shifty:


you know you have a porn addiction when youre stealing £430 hard drives

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:26 pm
by Errkal
1 drive of that size seems like a bad idea too, there is no way in hell you'll get the data off if it starts to fail, it would be better to have 5 x 3tb disks in RAID5 or Windows Storage Spaces as then there is redundancy and a performance boost, one drive with that much stuff is an epic way to loose everything quick in a drive failure.

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:31 pm
by <]:^D
good point! i couldnt bear to lose classics like American Booty or Ass Ventura: Crack Detective

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 5:55 pm
by Rubix
<]:^D wrote:good point! i couldnt bear to lose classics like American Booty or Ass Ventura: Crack Detective


All the classics

So these casings will hold a 12TB? Some say max 2TB or 6

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 6:28 pm
by Errkal
Rubix wrote:
<]:^D wrote:good point! i couldnt bear to lose classics like American Booty or Ass Ventura: Crack Detective


All the classics

So these casings will hold a 12TB? Some say max 2TB or 6


Those won't you need one that has a controller capable of reading a 12tb disk.

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 6:30 pm
by Rubix
Errkal wrote:
Rubix wrote:
<]:^D wrote:good point! i couldnt bear to lose classics like American Booty or Ass Ventura: Crack Detective


All the classics

So these casings will hold a 12TB? Some say max 2TB or 6


Those won't you need one that has a controller capable of reading a 12tb disk.


Know any?

Re: 12TB 3.5 Sata Drive Housing

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 6:32 pm
by Errkal
Rubix wrote:
Errkal wrote:
Rubix wrote:
<]:^D wrote:good point! i couldnt bear to lose classics like American Booty or Ass Ventura: Crack Detective


All the classics

So these casings will hold a 12TB? Some say max 2TB or 6


Those won't you need one that has a controller capable of reading a 12tb disk.


Know any?


Nope, but I have have a hunt tomorrow for you :)