Hey everyone,
I'm wondering if there's a good way to build something that will house 8 or more 3.5" drives and allow me to connect it via USB 3.0? I have a small powered micro PC already serving as a Plex Server, I just need to be able to connect more disks to it somehow.
I'm open to other suggestions, USB or network. I'd even consider something pre-built, I just want it to be easy to use, somewhat easy to replace failing parts, and hopefully no more than $500. I don't need all the functionality of a NAS, as I don't want to run RAID. I want the disks to be seen independently in the OS.
Any ideas?
EDIT: I should add, I don't want any rack mount cases. Something that is as small of a footprint as possible. A normal tower computer sized case would be okay if it needs to come to that.
I'm wondering if there's a good way to build something that will house 8 or more 3.5" drives and allow me to connect it via USB 3.0? I have a small powered micro PC already serving as a Plex Server, I just need to be able to connect more disks to it somehow.
I'm open to other suggestions, USB or network. I'd even consider something pre-built, I just want it to be easy to use, somewhat easy to replace failing parts, and hopefully no more than $500. I don't need all the functionality of a NAS, as I don't want to run RAID. I want the disks to be seen independently in the OS.
Any ideas?
EDIT: I should add, I don't want any rack mount cases. Something that is as small of a footprint as possible. A normal tower computer sized case would be okay if it needs to come to that.