On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:35 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > On 02/13/11 1:21 PM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: >> I'm trying to build a dense eSATA enclosure with say 16 or 24 drives :) > > thats a stunningly bad way to go about it. > > A) if you want JBOD, use a SAS/SATA enclosure with a SAS host card, as > SATA doesn't support multichannel multiplexing. mmm, I didn't think of this :) > or > B) if you want a SAN, use iSCSI or FCoE or something. As I said, I'm trying todo something cheaper. These are super expensive in our country. > or > C) if you want a NAS, use NFS. this is the best solution for many > applications. We already use iSCSI, which is a bit quicker than NFS I'm merely exploring this "new" technology, seeing as so many vendor incorporate it into cheap NAS devices (which are normally limited to 2 - 5 drives) to see if it could actually be used on a bigger scale. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532