Hey, I’m back with more home server questions. :)
I’ve got a laptop running as my home server. I have previously removed my CD drive to add an HDD caddy for a total of two hard drives - a SATA SSD and a SATA HDD.
Now, I’m running out of storage a little, and I have a spare HDD that I’ve currently hooked up to my desktop PC that I could connect to my server. What are my options here?
I’ve found HDD adapters that you can connect via USB. But what are the read/write speeds for these and would they sufficient for a server? Or should I invest in some kinda hard drive bay that allows for multiple hard drives to be slotted into and connected (is that a NAS?)?
Open to any input here, preferably tge cheaper the better.
Hey, I started my homeserver adventure with a raspberry pi and external HDD’s via USB, which is the same principle of the adapter you’re showing. It worked fine for many years.
It should be possible with a SATA to USB converter, if it’s USB 3 (see blue part inside USB connector) it’s even better. The one on your picture has multiple HDD connectors while you’'ll probably only need the SATA one, be sure to check your old HDD connector. Maybe you can find cheaper or find an old external USB hard drive and take it apart and reuse the convertor.
The speeds will probably be more affected by the limits of the HDD, an SSD would be faster I mean. So consider using that storage for files that don’t need a fast transfer rate.