Topic: WDTV and/or Egreat + Two (2) 4-bay Probox

[egzbuen]

Guys, has anyone tried this setup before? WDTV or Egreat with two (2) Probox's (both 4-bay enclosures) attached to it, with both Probox having four (4) 4TB HDDs filled with content. Would this work?

My current setup is a Probox with four (4) 4TB HDDs filled with content, attached to my media player. Sometimes with the WDTV, sometimes with my Egreat. Now, I ran out of space. Thus, instead of selling my 4bay and getting an 8bay, it might be easier, not to mention, more cost effective, if I just get another 4bay. I dont think getting HDDs with capacities higher than 4tb is the more cost efficient route given their prevailing prices right now.

Thanks.   

[egzbuen]

Anyone?

[egzbuen]

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[flashDB]

My suggestion

Get a 4 bay NAS with external storage support and plug your probox to your choice of NAS.

Makes it all available in the network

[comet]

sir flashDB what's a good 4bay Nas with external storage support?

[flashDB]

Qnap or Synology. Not sure which model but for sure one of them has support for usb2/3 and esata. I got qnap ts220 2-bay with 2xusb3, 1xusb2, 2xesata.

[egzbuen]

How much do they run for?

[uvax]

I have been looking at NASes myself. Entry level 4-bay NASes from Synology, Qnap and also WD are in the 16k-18k range. You have a choice between the Synology DS416j, QNAP TS-431 and WD EX4. I'm leaning towards the QNAP except that I don't like the white color.

[egzbuen]

Interesting, will read up on NASes.

[flashDB]

got the 2-bay for 10k and 4 bays cost around 15-20k.  without HDDs

alternatively, you can use open souce NAS like FreeNAS and similar on your old hardware/pc