[geeks] Best external drive array?

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-----Original Message-----
>From: Phil Stracchino <phils at caerllewys.net>
>Sent: Oct 28, 2014 9:40 AM
>To: geeks at sunhelp.org
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Best external drive array?
>
>On 10/28/14 09:28, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> Sans Digital makes some nice 4 and 8 bay cabinets suitable for use outside a
>> commercial datacenter for around $200 or $300 (respectively). These are SATA
>> chassis with (typically) either eSATA and/or USB interfaces.
>> 
>> http://sansdigital.com
>> 
>> Suitable eSATA controllers are about $25 if not included with the chassis you
>> select. Reminder - the eSATA port needs to support 'port multiplier', on-
>> board Intel eSATA ports typically don't.
>
>Hmmmm.  Actually I just got offered a couple of free Dell Poweredge
>R610s.  I could probably work something out with that.
>
>
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