INTL 3:770/1 3:770/3
REPLYADDR email@here.invalid
REPLYTO 3:770/3.0 UUCP
MSGID:  fb667503
REPLY:  faccb388
PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
On 18/01/2025 14:57, Lars Poulsen wrote:
> I have a shelf with IDE/PATA and SATA drives from 200GB and up, that I have
> not had the heart to throw out. Would it be worth the trouble to find an
> enclosure and build a NAS out of them? Probably not. The enclosures that
> can hold 4-6 drives seem to cost twice what a 4 TB USB-3 archive drive
> costs, so a Pi-4, a USB-3 hub, and two of those wrapped up with rubber
> bands in a shoebox would be cheaper.

Cardboard, Ugh....

An old PC case will have plenty of decent air flow, and be able to hold
a proper PSU and if tall enough, many drives. Available for free, if you
look around. Obviously big, but so are shoeboxes...

With one of these drives, why not install a Pi at a trusted friend's
place for your off-site backup, and do one vice versa for his backups.
CrashPlan is such as system.

Or have a trailing USB cable permanently attached, so that once in a
while you can plug in either a mobile phone or a camera, and have the
contents of that device backed up (while also charging the battery?)

Anytime I'm seeing folks on YouTube messing with PATA IDE/SCSI Retro
hardware, they seem to be adding modern adaptors to plug- in SD memory
cards, so maybe that ship has sailed ...

--
Adrian C

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)
SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 19/10 103/705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187 129/305
SEEN-BY: 153/757 7715 154/110 218/0 1 601 700 840 220/70 221/1 6 360
SEEN-BY: 226/17 30 100 227/114 229/110 111 114 200 206 300 317 400
SEEN-BY: 229/426 428 470 550 616 664 700 705 240/1120 266/512 267/800
SEEN-BY: 291/111 292/854 301/1 113 812 310/31 320/219 322/757 335/364
SEEN-BY: 341/66 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848 770/1 3 100
SEEN-BY: 770/330 340 772/210 220 230 902/26 2320/105 5020/400 1042
SEEN-BY: 5075/35
PATH: 770/3 1 218/840 221/6 301/1 218/700 229/426