From: none@invalid.com   
      
   On 21/03/2025 23:40, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
   > SH  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I have a fairly old Buffalo Terastation (rack mount) with 4 off 1 TB   
   >> drives in it.  its SMB 1.0 only and only does about 30 Mbyte/s at full pelt.   
   >>   
   >> I want to sell this......   which is going to be more profitable?   
   >>   
   >> 1. Sell thw whole NAS as is, its quite heavy so the postage will cost a bit   
   >>   
   >> 2. Strip it, sell just the 4 off 1 TB drives and junk the now denuded NAS?   
   >   
   > When I got one cheap with 4TB drives I pulled them out, wiped them,   
   > ran the self-tests on them, and sold them on. They sold fairly   
   > fast, but I was only asking the bottom price for tested drives   
   > among other similar ones on Ebay.   
   >   
   > The NAS, or just the main circuit board from it, looked like it   
   > could be handy for roles like an x86_64 single-board-computer. So   
   > I listed it for more than it was worth to me as an SBC thinking it   
   > might not sell based on other listings, but it did. It was probably   
   > better than your one though.   
   >   
   I'm sure someone told me that big PATA drives are somewhat desirable now   
   you cannot buy them. Mainly for people who want something for their   
   existing NAS. Not necessarily to run for years but should 1 drive fail,   
   they can throw in a spare and rebuild to buy more time whilst they pull   
   their finger out and get a new NAS in whatever shape that may be.   
      
   My old NAS was 2011 vintage and ran for 12 years continuously, never   
   off, A Buffalo with 2x Maxtor 2TB 3.5in PATA drives. What made me switch   
   off was the noise of 2 drives running when everything else had been   
   upgraded to SSD, the electricity usage and the fact the 600MHz ARM CPU   
   could only manage 24MB/s over the 1Gbps network.   
      
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