I just got my hands on 35x 320gb HDDs, 3x 500gb HDDs and 2x 1TB

Also, let's say I want to connect 20 or in so in a Raid-1 environment, to put on my network as storage space, what kind of hardware are we talking about?

>>58723173
>portable Raid-0 that you plug into Usb3/Thunderbolt?

yep, but you will spend hundreds on the enclosure/RAID controller

>>58723173
Sure. You can go find a cheapo old PC, throw in a nice PSU, buy a few cheap $12 RAID cards, slam it all in, install FreeNAS, and fuck around with it.

If you like what you get, you can invest in a nicer case, a better RAID card, and make yourself a nice NAS box.

Or look around on CL for anyone selling a 8 bay NAS. Those tend to be very expensive new without HDs, but I'm sure you can find one under $200

Test those HDs first tho


but then again, hooking up all those 320GBs to make a decent size raid is gonna be a waste of additional resources.

You can always sell them on eBay on the very cheap for extra selling points.

storage spaces on win8-10 can do that.

>>58723263
Yeah but I am not at home right now, working on the other side of the globe. I guess selling is an option, I'll bring the 1tbs back and that's it. I'll think I'll go with the portal raid enclosure option and just sell the 320gbs.

>>58723307
i mean brand new 6 TB drives are starting to show up for under $100. What you're doing doesn't have a practical application, but it might be fun to dick around with

>>58723173
>Is it possible to make a kind of portable Raid-0 that you plug into Usb3/Thunderbolt?
It'll be really expensive (likely cost more than the total value of the drives). You'd be better off finding an enclosure that fits a mini-itx board and sharing them via iSCSI.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dougISKs2vQ

can probably do it