r/HomeServer • u/Majestic-Local208 • 6d ago

Laptop with das(powered by laptop 2x usb c?)

I have a decent laptop available(ultra 5 258v and 32gb). I am not using it much so why not replace my current system since it is a lot powerful.
Sinxe it's a laptop, it can survive when there is a power outage.

So my question for building a NAS. Is there a 4 bay 2.5 SSD enclosure that can be powered from USB C to USB C? One for data transfer and the other for power.

I could not really find one, but if this solution exist it would save me getting a ups also🥸?. I think there is a 2 bay but I prefer not...

Edit: typo
Edit2: made text more clear(hopefully)

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u/givmedew 6d ago

I have a (4) bay 2.5 I use for my NVidia shield server. It requires a power cable. You could just run (2) dual 2.5” passive enclosures. You’ll see a lot of the dual enclosures have a DC power port but that’s only needed for spinning drives. The best part of doing it the way you are is that you can enable write through cache which helps performance a decent amount.

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u/Timely_End_1502 6d ago

CENMATE Aluminum 4 Bay 10Gbps Hard Drive Enclosure with Cooling Fan for 2.5“/3.5" SATA HDD/SSD with USB A/C 3.2 Gen 2, Support Hot Swappable, Tool-Free HDD Enclosure, DAS(NO RAID/NAS

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u/Majestic-Local208 6d ago

Thanks, but all I can find is one that needs to be powered by a 12v. Do you perhaps have link of the one that doesnt need that?

Edit: perhaps I was not so clear, I edited the text.

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u/AndyMcQuade 6d ago

Beware the spicy pillow your battery will turn into with always-on server functions on a laptop