“Would taking two or three of these in an older PC (I4770) instead of buying a NAS device work? If so what best to install on PC to set up the NAS?”

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• Yes, can be removed from case and installed internally as a standard SATA drive. For NAS software, look into TrueNAS if you want redundancy for storage and backup, or UnRAID if you're just looking for bulk storage.

  Answered by zer0 4 years ago

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• As long as you have nas software to test block integrity. Look up freeNAS github for working software.

  Answered by Kagetsu 3 years ago

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• Hello Poclovis, Please be informed that the WD Easystore Drive is a plug 'n' play device tested and designed for Windows and Mac computers. These drive are for Windows and Mac to be used as external storage only.The drive ships along with a USB 3.0 cable​​​​​​​ and uses USB 3.0 Type-A interface. We recommend you to please contact your host device vendor support to check whether the drive will support. For more info on the drive, refer to the link: http://products.wdc.com/library/AAG/ENG/4078-705145.pdf -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.

  Answered by Western Digital Team 4 years ago

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