[CentOS] [OT] External RAID storage / NAS

Thu May 17 06:11:27 UTC 2007
Karl R. Balsmeier <karl at klxsystems.net>

Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 07:39 -0500, Les Mikesell 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?
>
> Regards,
>
> Ranbir
>
>   
I love our PromiseRAID ISCSI based unit, quiet, affordable, effective.  
Works beautifully with centos 64-bit server it hangs off of.

-krb