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See <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/24177698/External-IDE-RAID-enclosure.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/24177698/External-IDE-RAID-enclosure.html</a><br />
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and garycase's comments.
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We have an infrequently accessed, but online ~4TB store of data files, mostly between 500 and 1200mb each. I need to upgrade the system, and am looking for a solution that will allow us to browse the folders (via cifs), but not wake up the platters until a file is actually opened (a 5-10 second wait is acceptable)<br />
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Is there a foss 'out of the box'(ish) solution for this? If not, is there a commercial solution?<br />
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We have an infrequently accessed, but online ~4TB store of data files, mostly between 500 and 1200mb each. I need to upgrade the system, and am looking for a solution that will allow us to browse the folders (via cifs), but not wake up the platters until a file is actually opened (a 5-10 second wait is acceptable)

Is there a foss 'out of the box'(ish) solution for this? If not, is there a commercial solution?



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