Re: [Discuss] D-I-Y NAS enclosures, Backblaze

2011-07-29 Thread Tom Metro
Kurt Keville wrote: I have been following this dialogue at various locations... like http://openstoragepod.org/ ... it is remarkable how cheap DIY NAS is getting... Thanks for the link. It says they were inspired by the Backblaze project. For those not familiar, Backblaze is in the business of

Re: [Discuss] D-I-Y NAS enclosures, Backblaze

2011-07-29 Thread John Abreau
Sounds about right. A few years ago I paid $779 for a 12-disk enclosure from newegg, plus another $120 for a 1U server from ebay to run the thing. On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Tom Metro tmetro-...@vl.com wrote: Kurt Keville wrote: I have been following this dialogue at various

Re: [Discuss] D-I-Y NAS enclosures, Backblaze

2011-07-29 Thread Derek Atkins
On Fri, July 29, 2011 2:57 pm, John Abreau wrote: Sounds about right. A few years ago I paid $779 for a 12-disk enclosure from newegg, plus another $120 for a 1U server from ebay to run the thing. Right now you can pay ~$350 for a 20-disk enclosure from NewEgg:

Re: [Discuss] D-I-Y NAS enclosures, Backblaze

2011-07-29 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Daniel Feenberg feenb...@nber.org wrote: On Fri, 29 Jul 2011, John Abreau wrote: Sounds about right. A few years ago I paid $779 for a 12-disk enclosure from newegg, plus another $120 for a 1U server from ebay to run the thing. And what would be wrong