From: none@invalid.com   
      
   On 22/03/2025 21:34, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
   > mm0fmf  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> My old NAS was 2011 vintage and ran for 12 years continuously, never   
   >> off, A Buffalo with 2x Maxtor 2TB 3.5in PATA drives.   
   >   
   > I never knew they made them that big, the 4TB drives I removed were   
   > SATA.   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > I don't really have a need for a home NAS. Big files (videos and   
   > backups) go onto USB drives which I connect as required. A few GBs   
   > on an SD card in a single-board-computer suffices for everything   
   > else with cheaper hardware and less power wasted.   
   >   
   Actually they are 4TB drives. It was a 2TB NAS when the disks were mirrored.   
      
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