Which drive to choose for external home storage? Mac + PC?

Question

Iron

Need USB 3.0 to connect to PC and Firewire 800 for MAC (by the way, what will be faster?). The ability to swap disks in case the storage is full, to insert new ones and continue working (with the ability to insert old ones back to use the old information). The storage will mostly be turned off and turned on only for uploading or downloading files. Supported volume is approximately 8TB . e-Sata is not needed (because the connector will quickly die if I constantly turn it on or off + I need to restart the computer so that it picks it up).

So far I see only Raidon GR5630-WSB3 as an option, but given that I'm not special in such technologies, I ask the habra community for advice to avoid pitfalls. A related question: do you need special hard drives for such drives or are WD Green suitable, for example?

Answer 1

www.newertech.com/products/voyagerq.php

Answer 2

Get a NAS.
NAS is essentially a separate small computer that, in addition to storage, can do various other things, while providing the work itself.
For example, a typical NAS can do the following:
- Support for samba, nfs, mac
- The presence of a built-in torrent client, possibly other rocking chairs
- Low power consumption
- Good differentiation of rights for users
- Ability to work as an http server (albeit a brake one, but for home needs that's enough)
- Availability via lan, connected and that's it, you don't need to start the computer to which the storage is connected.
- Well, of course, work with backups.
And so, for example, an overview of what I have (just a link in the bookmarks):www.overclockers.ru/lab/46101_2/Obzor_dvuhdiskovyh_NAS_ASUS_TS_mini_QNAP_TS-212_i_Synology_DS212j.html
Yes, and comparison with others, Synology has the same from the smallest models to the latest, except that there are rare hardware restrictions, I don’t know about others, I haven’t studied much.
But now having a NAS at home, I can safely work with it from the Internet without turning it off, while it consumes very little energy compared to a computer, I can connect to it at any time and take what I need from anywhere in the world. :-)
In addition to the review, there is a Demo for the control panel www.synology.com/products/dsm_livedemo.php?lang=rus . QNAP also has a socket, but somehow I didn’t like it, so the choice fell on Synology.

Answer 3

For example:
sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/209187
itnews.com.ua/53428.html
www.cdwg.com/shop/products/Sonnet-Fusion-D800P2-hard- drive-array/2091577.aspx
My advice is better 3rd option

Answer 4

I'm not sure that connecting via usb or firewire is consistent with the fact that you can hot change disks in an array.

Answer 5

Get a NAS. If different platforms - the most convenient option.

Answer 6

For a couple of years I successfully used this device for similar purposes www.agestar-rus.ru/spec.php?id=23
Now there is his older brother with USB3.0 and without eSATA. Hot swap available.

Answer 7

In your case, it seems to me that it is enough to buy two cradles / glasses / docking stations for the HDD (http://dx.com/s/hdd+docking+station). Permanently connect them to computers, and, if necessary, stick disks into them like cartridges.
Normally, the computer does not need to be restarted when an eSata connection is made. What OS is this happening on?