Good deal for HT storage

DMara
DMara Posts: 1,434
edited December 2011 in The Clubhouse
Just landed a Sans Digital 5-Bay USB 3.0 / eSATA Hardware RAID5 Tower Storage Enclosure from NewEgg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816111172
Price: $299 - 30 instant rebate - 15% off (coupon code SANS15HOLIDAY --- this code is good until 12/31) = $229.49 w/ free shipping, plus I got some 2.5%-4% cash back from my Ebates account.
With my five 2TB HDD, I plan to run RAID5 which gives a storage space of 7.5TB. Now that is plenty enough for my audio/video collections :cheesygrin:
Gears shared to both living room & bedroom:
Integra DHC-80.3 / Oppo BDP-105 / DirecTV HR24 DVR /APC S15blk PC-UPS
Living room:
LSiM707's / LSiM706c / LSiM702 F/X's / dual JL Audio Fathom F113's / Parasound Halo A51 / Panasonic 65" TC-P65VT50
Bedroom:
Usher Dancer Mini 2 Diamond DMD's / Logitech SB Touch / W4S STP-SE / W4S DAC-2 / W4S ST-1000 / Samsung 52" LN52B750
Other rooms:
Audioengine AP4's / GLOW Audio Sub One / audio-gd NFB-3 DAC / Audioengine N22
audio-gd NFB-10.2 / Denon AH-D7000
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  • Syndil
    Syndil Posts: 1,582
    edited December 2011
    Not a bad deal, however keep in mind it is not a NAS and is therefore not accessible via the network on its own. It will have to live next to whatever USB/eSATA device you plan to use it with--or I suppose you could run USB through your walls and put it somewhere remote.

    I don't have any experience with this particular device, but normally the fans on these enclosures can be quite loud, and there is also the whining noise of the spinning hard drive platters to deal with. If you populate it with the maximum 5 drives, it will definitely be noticeable in a listening environment.

    RT-12, CS350-LS, PSW-300, Infinity Overture 1, Monoprice RC-65i
    Adcom GFA-545II, GFA-6000, Outlaw Audio 990, Netgear NeoTV
    Denon DCM-460, DMD-1000, Sony BDP-360, Bravia KDL-40Z4100/S
    Monster AVL-300, HTS-2500 MKII
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  • DMara
    DMara Posts: 1,434
    edited December 2011
    My computer/server is in another room. My Logitech Touch connected to it via network, I also watch movies via DLNA, so noise wouldn't be an issue. That's why I go with this. Besides, this will allow me not having to deal with plugging/unplugging multiple drives whenever needed. I'd rather have a central storage box which I won't need to wonder whether a particular file is on it or not.
    Gears shared to both living room & bedroom:
    Integra DHC-80.3 / Oppo BDP-105 / DirecTV HR24 DVR /APC S15blk PC-UPS
    Living room:
    LSiM707's / LSiM706c / LSiM702 F/X's / dual JL Audio Fathom F113's / Parasound Halo A51 / Panasonic 65" TC-P65VT50
    Bedroom:
    Usher Dancer Mini 2 Diamond DMD's / Logitech SB Touch / W4S STP-SE / W4S DAC-2 / W4S ST-1000 / Samsung 52" LN52B750
    Other rooms:
    Audioengine AP4's / GLOW Audio Sub One / audio-gd NFB-3 DAC / Audioengine N22
    audio-gd NFB-10.2 / Denon AH-D7000
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  • Syndil
    Syndil Posts: 1,582
    edited December 2011
    DMara wrote: »
    I'd rather have a central storage box which I won't need to wonder whether a particular file is on it or not.

    Oh absolutely. And with a server in a separate room, your choice of hardware makes perfect sense. I was just making points to consider for others that may have been contemplating a similar purchase.

    RT-12, CS350-LS, PSW-300, Infinity Overture 1, Monoprice RC-65i
    Adcom GFA-545II, GFA-6000, Outlaw Audio 990, Netgear NeoTV
    Denon DCM-460, DMD-1000, Sony BDP-360, Bravia KDL-40Z4100/S
    Monster AVL-300, HTS-2500 MKII
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