On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 03:31:31PM -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
I wouldn't use Ubuntu or any Debian based distro cause it's EVMS just might bugger up the LVM config...
Huh. Dunno what EVMS is, but thanks for the warning!
Instead of a second machine, how about an external disk enclosure?
You can get them rack mountable or tower based. Look for a nice 15 drive enclosure, then you have room to build 2 arrays...
This is a home server; I'm not made of money :-)