Why the fuck are multi-hdd enclosures so damn expensive? I can't

>>56259982
>what is supply and demand?

No idea but I have the same issue fellow britbong. I want a 19" rackmount JBOD enclosure thats not fuck-expensive

>>56260015
see >>56260006

>>56260006
Part of my honours is economics senpai

Anyway, are they really that uncommon? I would have expected not, as they appear to be the easiest way of connecting a load of storage to a laptop.

>>56260032
Wait, I thought hiroshima turned fám filters off?

What a faggot. I haven't seen anyone get word filtered on here for ages.

A Synology Diskstation DS414Slim is €260 in Sweden. Definately cheaper i the US.

>>56260006
>make thing
>create system where consumer has zero opportunity or power to negotiate
>sue or buy your competition until you have a monopoly
>demand several times more than thing cost to make

(((Capitalists))) will defend this.

>>56259982
4 JBOD HDDs? Cheap? I assume you won't cut your own nose off to achieve hot-swap?

Consider getting a HP Microserver Gen8 G1610T 819185-421, pop an SSD in the fifth (optical disk drive) port mounted in the top with a Berg-to-SATA-power connector adapter, and put /boot on microSD so it finds the SSD.

The cashback deals are legit (if you follow all the instructions very, very carefully - look out for the serial number crap!) and it is an extremely good value piece of low-end enterprise hardware. It's been cheaper than it is right now, but it's still a good deal for less than £200 for a low-end 4-bay server - plus the disks of course.

>>56260047
>he doesn't like wordfiltering
You would have hated old 4chan, kid.

>>56261909
It's currently £149 after cashback, which seems pretty good for a ProLiant. It might end up being worth it, spending a bit extra and getting a server, anyway. I'll have a think. Thanks.

>>56261977
I was there, don't worry. I just fucking hate Hiroshima. Things were okay before him, but not like the old days. Oh well.

Probably something to do with the Jews

>buy 24bay enclosure
>buy SAS controller
>buy some SAS expanders
>super micro know power circuit
>?????
>profit

>>56259982
Cheaper to just get a raid card and a bigger case on the long run or jump straight to your own file server.

>>56260224
>tfw market regulators have been rendered toothless after years of neo-con/neo-liberal globalist rule

>>56264944
>Bigger case
>Laptop

Gotcha

>>56265116
>Laptop
Found your problem.

Honestly just buy a barebone pc used, install a distro you like and put some HDs there then.
Solved your problem for cheap.

>>56265164
I see your point, but I really need a HDD enclosure rather than another PC.

>>56260032
its cancerous anyway, why bother