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Looking to build own external HDD...

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I currently have a 2011 iMac that is hooked to my old WIN 7 desktop hdd (WD 640 Black) via a monoprice toaster external enclosure. After some recent power issues the toaster has been exhibiting signs that it is getting ready to fail.

So the time has come to add some more storage and move up in the world! :D
I am planning on picking this up from Monoprice and want to add another drive in it with more storage (oh it will be connected via the FW800 port). This will be a storage drive for movies, photos, etc. and with the max capacity being stated as "*Larger than 2 TB drive volumes available using two drives of greater than 1 TB size each with a RAID 0 configuration. Access to the > 2 TB volume requires an Operating System capable of > 2 TB volumes, such as Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Mac OS X 10.4 and later." I figured I would go something like a WD or Seagate 3TB drive.

Question becomes, which one though?
The 640 Black will more than likely get wiped and put in a closet somewhere while the new drive does all the work and gets partitioned out, not really sure though. Would love to be able to setup both drives independently in the enclosure and have the 640 Black be specifically a Time Machine/backup drive for the computer while the other is a pure external storage but not sure if the enclosure is capable of that.
 
Have you thought about building yourself a small, low power NAS? It could accomplish the same thing but be more flexible / expandable.
 
hotcrandel said:
Have you thought about building yourself a small, low power NAS? It could accomplish the same thing but be more flexible / expandable.
Click to expand...

I had thought about it but am not really sure where to start. I have been out of the hardware/programming/hacking scene for years now so really I just want something simple and easy to use (would rather spend my time on the bike then futzing with command line).:D
BUT.... if the option was right I might be interested.:D

(god does that make me sound old, I used to love that stuff)
 
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