Re: how do export a block device via eSATA?

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On Feb 13, 2011, at 4:59 PM, Rudi Ahlers <Rudi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:35 PM, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 :)

Dell has the MD1120 which is a 24 bay 2.5" SAS/SATA enclosure. I think it goes for $3000 plus cost of disk drives.

If you want to go cheaper I believe Supermicro makes a 16 drive chassis that is meant for a server, but can be made into an external enclosure, or an iSCSI/NFS/CIFS storage server.

-Ross

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