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I am looking for a Storage Solution to house all of my media. I am quickly running out of space with all of these 1080P MKVs and I want something that can house Internal 3.5 HDDs (More Economical than buying Externals & cleaner, less wires). I Currently have a couple externals but it is getting to be kind of a mess. I am looking for a 4-Bay Solution that will be compatible with XBMC Live. I do not need NAS to save money. The Device will be hooked up directly to my Revo via USB or ESATA. Any Suggestions? TIA
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What about a couple of HDD docks using 2Tb drives (they take stock 3.5 drives). That's close to 4Tb's with 2 docks - and they can run either USB2 or (e)SATA.
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I would recomend making your own NAS if you have any old pc's around, this will save money and works very well with XBMC
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Unfortunately I don't really have an older Desktop that I could use as a NAS Server... I have my gaming desktop but that sucks down too much juice to leave on all the time. I have a couple Laptops as well... Any other suggestions?
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You don't say how much you want to spend but most solutions aren't cheap, cheapest is probably to build your own
There's always a Drobo some people love them some hate them, the cheapest is a 4 bay but they're still kind of pricey
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I do like the look of the Drobo's they seem like a smart/easy to use device but Im just not sure I want to spend that much... $350 is the cheapest online. I like the fact that you can Mix and match, and it runs in RAID-5 so you have some parity protection if a drive were to fail, it could be rebuilt. So is the drobo really worth an extra $100 over a 4 bay Icy Dock?
