Hey, I’m back with more home server questions. :)

I’ve got a laptop running as my home server. I have previously removed my CD drive to add an HDD caddy for a total of two hard drives - a SATA SSD and a SATA HDD.

Now, I’m running out of storage a little, and I have a spare HDD that I’ve currently hooked up to my desktop PC that I could connect to my server. What are my options here?

I’ve found HDD adapters that you can connect via USB. But what are the read/write speeds for these and would they sufficient for a server? Or should I invest in some kinda hard drive bay that allows for multiple hard drives to be slotted into and connected (is that a NAS?)?

Open to any input here, preferably tge cheaper the better.

  • dai@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    If you aren’t using the wifi onboard you may be able to remove that M.2 a+e and install a dual sata m.2

    Does depend on motherboard but possible.

    • Druid@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      Interesting. I think I’d lack the physical space within the laptop’s case, but I don’t use WiFi on it, so in theory it would probably work