Alan T. Price
New member
Nik, I'm not sure how to help you out on that one. 2,000 GB is a lot of storage. What does it represent for you ? i.e. is it the total storage of backups, or the on-line storage, or the combined storage ? Is it for a single backup, or multiple backups ? Is a single backup in one device, or multiple devices ?
My own requirement is quite modest at this stage. Because of that I have not kept up with the latest available HDD holders / RAID controllers. Even if I had I would doubt that I would find most of them here in Perth. For example, the biggest HDDs at the popular store here is 500GB SATA2 (already superceding SATA). Their external cases are for single PATA or SATA drives. At a camera shop I found a 2-disc RAID box with LAN connection but only 10/100. So with what is readily available here I can't set up a stand-alone TB storage solution. I'd have to import one of the expensive options that obviously will have little or no local support.
Another shop has a Thecus Gigabit LAN 5xSATA2 RAID controller box with cpu and ram for $22, but that's gotta be a misprint. You can't buy anything for $22. Especially Australian dollars.
I'll enquire further when I get back to Perth, but in the meantime all can say is to repeat my advice to keep it simple and cheap so you afford to replace it early.
My own requirement is quite modest at this stage. Because of that I have not kept up with the latest available HDD holders / RAID controllers. Even if I had I would doubt that I would find most of them here in Perth. For example, the biggest HDDs at the popular store here is 500GB SATA2 (already superceding SATA). Their external cases are for single PATA or SATA drives. At a camera shop I found a 2-disc RAID box with LAN connection but only 10/100. So with what is readily available here I can't set up a stand-alone TB storage solution. I'd have to import one of the expensive options that obviously will have little or no local support.
Another shop has a Thecus Gigabit LAN 5xSATA2 RAID controller box with cpu and ram for $22, but that's gotta be a misprint. You can't buy anything for $22. Especially Australian dollars.
I'll enquire further when I get back to Perth, but in the meantime all can say is to repeat my advice to keep it simple and cheap so you afford to replace it early.