are there any older ex-office mini PCs like the elitedesk, optiplex, thinkstation, etc models that can fit a 3.5" drive? Not looking for anything new and thus expensive, just want some old junker (6/7/8th gen Intel) that can host some light stuff. thanks

  • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Totally. I’ve got an 8TBx4 RAID5 that has about as much space as one 20TB spinning drive, but with the advantage that if one fails I don’t lose anything.

    Putting 20TB on one drive though? That’s too risky for me.

    • dmention7@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I mean, 20TB drives will work in an array just as well as 8TB 😉

      Honestly with the price of refurb enterprise drives, it’s really hard not to justify not going that route and just keeping a spare drive formatted on warm standby at all times.

      A bit of a digression though, since OP isn’t looking to cram a bunch of drives into an old mini case.