Like many Linux users, I use older desktops as my servers. The practical upshot is obvious: I'm not using it anymore, and it's still very powerful, so I might as well put it to work.
But desktops just aren't built to hold lots of drives... This case, for example, has 3x 3.5inch drive bays, and 4 SATA slots; I have 1 drive for the local OS, and 2 drives for shared content (Formatted with BTRFS). I want to add 2 more drives. It SEEMS like it should be as easy as adding an additional SATA host, and run the SATA cables to a shielded drive enclosure... But all the drive enclosures I have found have their own PCBs, and seem to have all sorts of USB host "stuff" in them. Is there such a thing as a "Dumb" enclosure, that you put a drive in and run cables to the computer and call it done? On a related note, is there actually a difference between SATA and eSATA? Why do all eSATA cases insist on having USB too? _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
