On 2/15/07, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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.
Would you grumble at $220-$230? That seems to be what the DLink entry costs.
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/29671/75/
carl
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