Re: [CentOS] eSATA drive enclosure of a full PC?

2010-02-22 Thread Bowie Bailey
Les Mikesell wrote: > On 2/22/2010 8:48 AM, Bowie Bailey wrote: > >> Stephen Harris wrote: >> 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

Re: [CentOS] eSATA drive enclosure of a full PC?

2010-02-22 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/22/2010 8:48 AM, Bowie Bailey wrote: > Stephen Harris wrote: >>> 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 conne

Re: [CentOS] eSATA drive enclosure of a full PC?

2010-02-22 Thread Bowie Bailey
Stephen Harris wrote: >> 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? >> > > My recommendation is

Re: [CentOS] eSATA drive enclosure of a full PC?

2010-02-22 Thread David Hrbáč
Dne 22.2.2010 14:25, Michael Schumacher napsal(a): > > You may consider using this part: > > http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/product.php?product_id=2814 > > The disadvantage is that you have no quick-swap-possibility, but the > cooling is better as in hot-swap cases. The box has nice vibe-stoppe

Re: [CentOS] eSATA drive enclosure of a full PC?

2010-02-22 Thread Michael Schumacher
John, On Sunday, February 21, 2010 you wrote: > a bunch of vendors sell 5-in-3 sata hotswap adapters that hold 5 SATA > drives in 3 HH external bays of a jumbo tower chassis. they seem to run > about $100. each drive bay has its own sata port on the back of these. > example of one of these, >

Re: [CentOS] eSATA drive enclosure of a full PC?

2010-02-21 Thread Les Mikesell
John R Pierce wrote: >, >> >> Yes, I looked into this and I was looking for a solution with a large number >> of drives, but at a good cost point. >> >> So you are saying a full fledged PC with an 8-port sata mobo is a better >> solution. >> > > yeah, its cheaper to go direct connect internal

Re: [CentOS] eSATA drive enclosure of a full PC?

2010-02-21 Thread Stephen Harris
> 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? My recommendation is the 2nd option. I ran the first for

Re: [CentOS] eSATA drive enclosure of a full PC?

2010-02-21 Thread John R Pierce
Slack-Moehrle wrote: >> a bunch of vendors sell 5-in-3 sata hotswap adapters that hold 5 SATA >> drives in 3 HH external bays of a jumbo tower chassis. they seem to run >> about $100. each drive bay has its own sata port on the back of these. >> >> example of one of these, >> http://www.am

Re: [CentOS] eSATA drive enclosure of a full PC?

2010-02-20 Thread Slack-Moehrle
Hi John, >> So you are saying a full fledged PC with an 8-port sata mobo is a better >> solution.> >a bunch of vendors sell 5-in-3 sata hotswap adapters that hold 5 SATA >drives in 3 HH external bays of a jumbo tower chassis. they seem to run >about $100. each drive bay has its own sata p

Re: [CentOS] eSATA drive enclosure of a full PC?

2010-02-20 Thread John R Pierce
Slack-Moehrle wrote: > Hi John, > > Yes, I looked into this and I was looking for a solution with a large number > of drives, but at a good cost point. > > So you are saying a full fledged PC with an 8-port sata mobo is a better > solution. > yeah, its cheaper to go direct connect internal jb

Re: [CentOS] eSATA drive enclosure of a full PC?

2010-02-20 Thread Slack-Moehrle
Hi Rudi, >>If you're building something on the cheap, then you could get an even cheaper >>setup with a 4port SATA >>motherboad, and an add 4port SATA PCI / PCI-e card. True, that would be each drive on its own port, which is optimal. With 8 ports, I could get 8 x 2tb and and have 8th in RAID

Re: [CentOS] eSATA drive enclosure of a full PC?

2010-02-20 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 7:17 AM, 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 ha

Re: [CentOS] eSATA drive enclosure of a full PC?

2010-02-20 Thread Slack-Moehrle
OS mailing list" Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 9:36:59 PM Subject: Re: [CentOS] eSATA drive enclosure of a full PC? 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

Re: [CentOS] eSATA drive enclosure of a full PC?

2010-02-20 Thread John R Pierce
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

[CentOS] eSATA drive enclosure of a full PC?

2010-02-20 Thread Slack-Moehrle
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? I know that RAI