Hello there.
Some time ago, I obtained a 16TB (14.5 TB) Seagate Expansion Desktop that has the Seagate’s Exos X16 16 TB SAS HDD inside of it. Problem is for relatively large transferring of files, it is sicklingly slow and given how it's SAS, most enclosures probably wouldn't be able to accept it (if i rip the HDD out.) Even more ironic, the Seagate Enclosure and Drive is cheaper where I live than just the Exos Drive.
I personally am looking for a DAS to keep long-term stuff around. I would like to put something together that has a decent price-to-performance ratio and wouldn't mind going smaller in terms of overall storage size, provided I have enough to spend for a while. Aside from selling the HDD and going through the troubles of removing files i left on there, what could I do to salvage my situation here, without spending too much? Thanks.