Anyone use a NAS that uses SAS drives?

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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Hi all,

So, I have a Synology DS418… great NAS, but I ordered a mis-labeled drive…got a great price… FREE… lol…but, it is a SAS drive.

Lo and behold, while it is over $300 retail, seems I cannot even give the thing away… heh… so was wondering who all, if any, used a NAS that uses SAS drives, and whether it supports PMS.

I figure I could upgrade the NAS or buy a new drive… but hate to waste this nice fast drive and… if it works great for a server… what about a NAS?

Anyway, figured to ask you fine people :wink:

Thanks!:slight_smile:
JRB

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I think you missed the fact that he got a SAS drive which didn’t work in his NAS, seems to be wondering if there are any that support them.

Honestly, I doubt you’ll find a NAS that supports SAS. They are enterprise oriented drives, and consumer NAS are pretty much the opposite.

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I had to re-read too. My apologies.

I do not know of ANY home NAS which supports SAS.

Is there no way to get it exchanged?

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Hey Chuck! Nah, there was a link on the website that had 20 of these for $350 lol… and listed as SATA. So, they credited me and let me keep the drive. Seemed fair… but now, can’t give the thing away lol.

Not a big deal. I am building the new server in a couple weeks, just hate to waste this drive :stuck_out_tongue:
R

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I know one person who might take it off your hands. Don’t use it as a Hockey puck or a clay pidgeon just yet? :smiley:

What are the details? Size, Vendor? Part number?

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It is a Seagate ST10000NM0096 the EXO 10TB SAS.

I’ll IM you the details… you’ll get a kick out of it… lol. Not going to pay a ton of shipping, but, like I said…if someone really needs it, I sure as heck do not, and did not pay for it :stuck_out_tongue:
R

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One of my friends has a half full array with 160TB in it now.
Does that qualify?

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Yea, send me an address and I will see what it costs to mail it. :stuck_out_tongue:

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He and I just spoke on the phone.

SAS drive are almost exclusively Enterprise drives.

  1. They are Serial Attached Scsi which is infinitely faster than Serial ATA (SATA)and intended for enterprise servers.
  2. The most entry level SAS drive is better than the best SATA drive in physical quality (WD Gold as example)
  3. The drawback is the cost of the SAS controller.

If you can find a SAS controller at a reasonable price, you have a serious winner of a drive on your hands and are better off keeping it.

His system, being home based, is all SATA-3 WD Gold drives.

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There are SAS to SATA converters around (and also the other way), but not sure how they would go fitting into your particular NAS.

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those inline converters won’t fit because of the normal 3.5" drive space.

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I have seen some NAS cradles with a backplane converter built in. But like I said, not sure how it would go in a Synology.

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If you’re letting this go I could use it. My board supports sas. My email is brianc@dlois.com

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