Question 30TB/ 32TB HDD

[braxus]

It's been announced for over a year now, but when do you think we'll see 30TB or 32TB hard disc drives on the market? I'm running out of space with a 22TB drive with my video files and I can't add in any more drives into my case. So I'd like to get 1 larger drive.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I'm running out of space with a 22TB drive with my video files and I can't add in any more drives into my case.

Different pc case with support for more drives.
Or NAS device with support for multiple drives.

Anyway you'll probably have to wait for some time later this year, before they are available to market.

 

[braxus]

My case is already one of the bigger ones you can get and I need 5 1/4" support in it too, which is very limited today. Plus its big enough for the current huge GPUs. I just got this case not long ago, so I have no intentions of upgrading once again for that.

 

[SkyNetRising]

My case is already one of the bigger ones you can get

What model case do you have currently?

Here some options with support for 8 - 12 drives.

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[USAFRet]

Is there a real need for all of this internally?
Why not a NAS?

 

[dev_cyberpunk]

My case is already one of the bigger ones you can get and I need 5 1/4" support in it too, which is very limited today. Plus its big enough for the current huge GPUs. I just got this case not long ago, so I have no intentions of upgrading once again for that.

Its so odd to see the external drive bays at the bottom with that fractal case.

What I would do is get a dual 5.25 drive bay to 3.5 drive adaptor, remove the front fan plate of the adaptor and attach it in the front above the external bay.

Something like this:

https://a.co/d/4hqVHuW

 

[braxus]

Im actually using both 5 1/4" bays at the moment with a Zip drive and blu ray burner. This is why Im struggling finding more spots for drives. Im using both 3 1/2" spots as well. There really is no other place I can put a drive with mounting it.

 

[dev_cyberpunk]

Im actually using both 5 1/4" bays at the moment with a Zip drive and blu ray burner. This is why Im struggling finding more spots for drives. Im using both 3 1/2" spots as well. There really is no other place I can put a drive with mounting it.

Looks like to me there is room for that in that case. Of course you can get some single or double bay types since you want to mount more big 3.5 inch drives. Other ways would be just drilling the four flush mount holes on the sheet metal. Case mods require a lot of planning in measuring what areas you have to work with as well as how its going to effect cooling. Other solutions like adding another case with a power supply is an option but its going to cost more than modding what you have. I've seen some pretty crazy stuff over the years when it comes to case mods. Even making and attaching another box on the case to house drives made out of wood or sheet metal. As far as the 2.5 inch SSDs, that just some sticky velcro tape and you're done. A multi NVMe card would be an option, but mechanical hard drives are going to last longer than any non mechanical drive. Because there is no real data on how long these last other than projected reads & writes. And pcie slots can be an issue too.

I do find it odd we have fewer choices for cases with external drive bays.

I can help you find what you can do with the case as far as adding hard drives, but I would need some pictures of the case that is assembled to see where there is room.