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I was looking at this the other day, but didn't see where it had a rack
mount option, which I would prefer. Anyone know of a reasonably priced
rack mount alternative. My old 1.5TB array of 8 250G drives is
obsolete, and I don't care for the case it is housed in either, and
something like this would be perfect as an anniversary gift.<br>
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Jeff.<br>
Steven Adeff wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Andrew Close<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:aclose@gmail.com"><aclose@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Steven Adeff<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com"><adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">SANS DIGITAL TR8M-B 8 Bay SATA to eSATA (Port Multiplier) enclosure
Newegg Item# N82E16816111051
$279.99 with promo code
promo code:EMCLTLX35
free UPS 3-day shipping
has good reviews
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<pre wrap="">cool.
please excuse my ignorance :) but does this box actually run an
OS/raid? or do you attach it to an existing server via eSata for
increased storage capacity?
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you atach it to an existing server, it just provides port
multiplication. it comes with a PCIe 2port eSATA card which I've read
is good but not great, and one reviewer said that he used another even
better card was actually able to get better performance out of the
system. It does require 2 eSATA ports though (one for each of four
drives). From there you can use Linux' software raid.
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