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It's time to get some storage for the homelab. I could get a Synology, but I'd quite like to build my own using ZFS.

However it seems hard (or my Google-fu sucks) to find good, reasonably priced 4 bay JBODs. Most of what I can find either looks very cheap or is almost as expensive as a Synology.

Any suggestions?

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[-] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I don't know what your budget is, but I recently bought a Sabrent 4-bay housing for ~$230:

https://a.co/d/0enY6bO

It's got USB-C 3.2, so transfer speeds are plenty quick, and each bay has it's own locking door and dedicated power button for easy hot swapping. The only downside is that if there's an unexpected sudden power loss, you have to manually turn each drive bay back on, and there's no way to do it remotely.

[-] RoyalEngineering@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago

Interesting design. I’ve never seen a device that has power buttons on each drive bay.

[-] outcide@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago

That’s a great price, weird that you turn each drive on individually! Thanks. :-)

[-] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

It's meant for hot swapping, so you don't have to shut off the whole housing. But yeah, the fact that it doesn't turn back on after a sudden power loss is.... inconvenient. Mine is stationed at my parents' place (they have gigabit fiber).

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