On 12/16/2009 12:10 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > On 12/15/09 2:48 PM, Scott Ehrlich wrote: > >> I have a client with a handful of USB drives connected to a CentOS >> box. I am charged with binding the USB drives together into a single >> LVM for a cheap storage data pool (10 x 1 TB usb drives = 10 TB cheap >> storage in a single mount point). >> > Err.. buy computer from supermicro and load it with 10 sata disks. > > http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/2U/?chs=213 > > -- > Eero > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > Still going to need 10TB of backups. And i can guarantee you the chances of having a URE during rebuild are almost certain with this setup so a backup is going to be crucial. Sounds like a nightmare even inside a supermicro or similar box.