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My Setup:
In my living room I've got a Revo1600 connected to a 37" monitor. The Revo's current storage is two 1.5GB drives in a USB enclosure. This box is in my basement and connected to the Revo by a 15' USB cable (fan noise). This has been the best setup I've had concerning sound, it's utterly silient/hidden. I've had full HTPCs, but they always had something that didn't sit right with me: too loud, didn't blend well, too much wasted power etc. I just wanted something to watch video (local, netflix, hulu) and surf the net.
My Goal:
A solution like I have now but with 3 or more bays. The deal here is my current box doesn't spin the drives down and I can't seem to find enclosures that do. Do they exsist or am I thinking of NAS/RAID boxes, I've never really needed more storage than I could fit in the computer's case. eSATA might work, but I don't think the Revo's is a Port Multiplier and I'm pretty sure they don't make 15' eSATA cables.
A NAS/RAID box might be a way to go, but do they allow the drives to sleep? My other concern is how the drives are read/formated. I've been having a hard time getting clear info as to how different companies describe JBOD (using only big/span). I'd like the drives to be able to be read individually in case one goes bad or worse yet the box/controler dies.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
In my living room I've got a Revo1600 connected to a 37" monitor. The Revo's current storage is two 1.5GB drives in a USB enclosure. This box is in my basement and connected to the Revo by a 15' USB cable (fan noise). This has been the best setup I've had concerning sound, it's utterly silient/hidden. I've had full HTPCs, but they always had something that didn't sit right with me: too loud, didn't blend well, too much wasted power etc. I just wanted something to watch video (local, netflix, hulu) and surf the net.
My Goal:
A solution like I have now but with 3 or more bays. The deal here is my current box doesn't spin the drives down and I can't seem to find enclosures that do. Do they exsist or am I thinking of NAS/RAID boxes, I've never really needed more storage than I could fit in the computer's case. eSATA might work, but I don't think the Revo's is a Port Multiplier and I'm pretty sure they don't make 15' eSATA cables.
A NAS/RAID box might be a way to go, but do they allow the drives to sleep? My other concern is how the drives are read/formated. I've been having a hard time getting clear info as to how different companies describe JBOD (using only big/span). I'd like the drives to be able to be read individually in case one goes bad or worse yet the box/controler dies.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.