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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

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Does a hard drive like this need special software to work with a Mac/ PC? (alien.top)

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Alternatively, does anyone have a better/ cheaper suggestion for an 8TB drive?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This is an SAS drive. It requires an SAS controller. This cannot be solved with software.

If you really want to use SAS drives, it can be done with a Host Bus Adapter PCIe card. You will need to be careful about researching whether the HBA you want to buy is compatible with the motherboard you want to use, and that drivers for that HBA exist for the OS that you want to use.

This may not be cheaper than just buying SATA drives. This is server hardware intended for use with server motherboards, there's no guarantee that it will work properly with a consumer-grade system.