Hi,
I have come to the point where all my internal sata and NVME ports are used, have 3HDs on the desk and 2 drives connected via USB.
What do you recommend mainly for programming with far too many small files, git repos etc and a music hobby using my DAW’s Tb’s of samples and lots of vst plugins some of which stream data on playback, so ssd speeds are sometimes required, but if the bulk is stored on the NAS or JBOD DAS I can put those speed demanding ones on internal SSD’s.
I have no need for access on my mobile etc, just the 1 pc, no need for media services, just storage.
As I know Jack about these devices, setup or even how to plug them in to get file access, I need some help from the tech gurus on the level1forum.
Any recommendations?
I’ve watched a lot of videos but they cover stuff I don’t care about, or really need.
The short listers were:
- Synology DS1621+ Desktop NAS with 6x 8TB Synology HAT3310 HDD (how does this plugin? Can it direct connect via usb?)
- QNAP TS-664 NAS
- SABRENT 10 bay hard drive docking station, SSD HDD 2.5 3.5 inch SATA case dock
- Another jbod but can’t find again
- Qnap TVS-h674T
Went down the rabbit hole of reading amazon reviews, works great to rubbish and never trust the manufacturer opinions on all of them…
Which has left me thinking, screw it, just get a 2tb ssd and Dock it externally when I need it or on my powered usb 3.2hub plugged into my only usb c port on the back of my pc, which already has a 1tb ssd plugged into it.
My setup is an i9 9900k some Asus TUF mono and 64gb of ram.
Anyone got any suggestions?