I need a NAS system which includes a two-bay enclosure capable of holding two 6TB drives, and I want to start out with just one 6TB drive. From my research so far I have determined that Western Digital red drives are the best for this application, so the WD WD60EFRX drive is at the top of my list. Suggestions for alternatives are welcome.
The enclosure, however, is a point of major confusion. It's amazing how little actual information manufacturers web site give you. I'm sick of reading how many photos of my loved ones I can place on the device. Since I'm leaning toward the WD drive above, WD enclosures would be my first choice. Western Digital sells enclosures, but as far as I can tell they only sell them as a unit with drives, i.e., if I buy a two-bay enclosure it will come with two drives. My major confusions about the enclosures are about all the various software features that they come with. My house is wired with Cat6 ethernet, but all my computers are Linux only. None of the web sites tell me much about the software on the enclosure. But maybe I just need to plan to nuke the software the enclosure comes with and replace it with open source bits. I need some education. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
