This one nearly ended up in today’s Links post, but on second look we think it deserves a feature of its own. [Profezzorn] designed some mounting brackets to house a file server inside of an external ...

I got ten used 3TB SAS drives for a good price, I was wondering what relatively inexpensive enclosures would be to put them in. One choice would be to get a used server, are there also JBOD/RAID ...

I have a lot of storage accumulated over the years. From old HDDs and SSDs, I've got terabytes of storage just lying around. With some of them, they're simply just older storage drives I used myself, ...

The Serial Cables SA-ENC12G-024A is constructed of quality components that are very durable. The JBOD provides unhindered performance to any SATA or SAS device used in the enclosure, and supports dual ...

These simple USB upgrades give your Raspberry Pi 5 better performance, stability, and flexibility for home-server and ...

Using an external hard drive is a great way to back up what’s most important to you while retaining full access to your data. They're a good way to augment your existinginternal drive storage, and ...

Simple guide to repurpose old MacBooks into a quiet server for backups and streaming, with NAS, Plex setup, remote access, ...

A guy near me is selling some used LTO-6 drives which may be in good shape, not heavily used. My question: What exactly constitutes an "internal drive". I see it's got more casing on it, and ...

So you've been computing for quite a few years now, and you've built a nice collection of hard drives, internal or external, collecting dust in the corner. Here's how to put them to good use. If you ...

CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He now manages CNET San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D printers ...