Carl Lowenstein wrote:
Is the the RAID controller to be built into the enclosure? What quality of RAID controller could you get for $50 less the cost of the rest of the hardware?
I'd be happy with soft RAID. This doesn't need to be fast (as you pointed out). Thus why I'm thinking some kind of Linux appliance.
At $50 you are somewhat above the price range of the Linksys NSLU2 which connects to disks with USB, and is a stand-alone controller without disk boxes. It's hard to get boxes for SATA disks for under $30 apiece, and that is without any controller, just a bridge to USB or something.
Yeah, that's the problem with the NSLU2. It needs external disks. That's a lot of extra price with a bunch of external dangly bits.
I'm looking for something like the Linksys NSLU2 with a Netgear SC101 form factor. It's a shame that the SC101 is a piece of garbage.
In any case, why do you need the speed of SATA connection from the disk to the controller when the controller to computer is limited by the much slower speed of the network.
I never said I needed the speed of an SATA connection. However, parallel ATA is starting to disappear from stock. I just want to be able to buy cheap drives in the near future when parallel ATA completely disappears from stores.
I think your price goal is unrealistic for a quantity one purchase.
Probably. But I wouldn't grumble too much if $80-$100 got me a quiet, self-contained Linux appliance that had everything except the disks.
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