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:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219033
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219021

These get you 20 SATA/SAS hot-swap bays PLUS space to place a MOBO and
controller!  You just need to supply the motherboard and SATA
cards/multiplexers, cables, etc to make your NAS server!

-derek

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       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
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       Computer and Internet Security Consultant

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