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I would like some recommendations on external storage. Here are the specs that I am looking for:
  • Can be either NAS or DAS (external USB drive)
  • Must support RAID-1 or RAID-5
  • Must have at least 1TB of useable space after RAID.
  • Must NOT be a computer with shares... I don't want the added size, heat, and headache of running a file server.
  • Under or around $700 for 1TB of useable space
  • Will be used to store DVD backups and to store audio / video(porn) media. Does not require streaming.


It can be either an external enclosure w/disks, a diskless NAS device where I buy disks, or a disk-included NAS device.





My old Western Digital MyBook 500GB external USB drive died the other day . I managed to salvage the data by putting the entire USB drive in the freezer, sitting outside of the freezer with a laptop, and running USB cables from the drive (still in the freezer) to the laptop to copy off whatever data that I could. But now, I need some place to put all of this data, especially now that I am a die-hard RAID-1 evangelist.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.