So we found a thing

And I have no idea what it is.

So does Sup Forums have any ideas? The top says WD.

The back.

NAS server

It's a nas.

Looks like a botnet in a box.

set it up. it's a good thing.

>we found a thing
Give it back nigga

Give it back, Jamal.

Interesting. Thanks.

It's a nas and you should give it back.

How do you "find" a nas server?

>no network
>it's a nas

fuck you people are dense. it's an external drive. firewire all over that shit.

lulz, I promise it's not stolen m8. My stepdad's boss left it at our place and my Ma and I were trying to figure out wtf it was. I figured you guy's would know.

What practical uses would I be able obtain from it?

Like I said, my stepdad's boss has a bunch of computer stuff he kinda just left here. Can't sell it so it's not for my profit or anything. My room is being cleaned out and that was in there. Henceforth it being "found".

If this is an external drive, it's the biggest one I've seen in some time.

it's a 'My Book' external drive, not a nas.
plug it in and save your shit to it.
where is the network for the networked attached storage part? there is none because it's not networked.

Western Digital's external drives a while back could be fuckhuge. Theres likely 3-4 individual hard drives inside.

Scratch that, its a 1TB enclosure so theres a pair of 500GB drives likely in raid-0 or JBOD.

Cool. Yeah I wasn't denying that it was an external drive. I still stand by the fact that since it is one, its the largest I've seen. So yeah. Thanks ya'll.

Holy shit. Neat.

Not really that interesting actually

It comes in 1.5T and 2T flavors as well according to the WD website, and since most computers have at least one firewire port and ample USB ports, getting it up and running is as simple as plugging it in and letting it run.

IMO though I'd personally rip it open, extract the drives and manually install them in my rig. External enclosures sacrifice performance for portability.

When it's a free 1tb external hard drive just "found" in your room, it kinda is. Especially when music production/dj'ing is a hobby of yours and you could use more storage without having to drop literally any money. It doesn't have to excite you personally. But I can be stoked about it all I want.

I'll keep that in mind. Either way this was a good find.

Fucking ancient wd external. I bet it needs external power as well.