Slack-Moehrle wrote: > HI All, > > I have a dilemma and I would appreciate advice > > 1. Get a good size case, mobo, processor, etc and put 8 hard drives it in and RAID them. (yes an 8 port SATA mobo). Running CentOS. > > or > > 2. Get an eSATA enclosure that has room for 8 or 10 drives and just connect it to box? > esata enclosure will be on a single SATA port, which will be a bottleneck for 4 or more drives. maybe even for 3 drives. 8 or more drives should be on a 4 channel SAS port at least. how about getting something like a QNAP and putting your storage on the network? for instance, http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=134