[CentOS] [OT] External RAID storage / NAS
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Thu May 17 02:52:55 UTC 2007
Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
>
>> There's always openfiler, but for some reason, small quiet cases tend to
>> be expensive. Does it have to be a standalone box on the network or can
>> you hang an exteral drive case off an always-running box you already have?
>
> Attaching it to a on always on server works too. That's what I'm doing
> right now for the Aiby II. But, the Aiby is just loud and blows out
> lots of hot air (I guess that can't be helped). That's why I don't want
> to buy it out at the end of the lease.
>
> Do you have a quiet, external drive case in mind?
>
I have some WD combo firewire/USB drives but I don't run them all the
time and I'm not thrilled by the power connectors. I don't have any
experience with the larger raid cases.
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Les Mikesell
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