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georgeMMXII
Nov 07, 2017Aspirant
EDA500 Alternative
I am looking for a expansion chassis for my RN316. My original plan was to buy an EDA500, put 5 4TB disks in it in raid5 configuration, migrate 6 TB data from another NAS close to EOL, have one NAS l...
Sandshark
Nov 08, 2017Sensei - Experienced User
Look here: ReadyNAS-Hardware-Compatibility/ReadyNAS-516-Expansion-chassis-options
At the original cost of the EDA500, a second 316 would certainly be a better option. But at the fire sale price Amazon had on them, I find the EDA500 acceptable. And the unit I tried in the above link is even cheaper. A lot depends on the kind of data you are keeping on the external box. Mine is all archival stuff and PC backups.
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