On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 18:52:40 +0200, Ira Abramov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > there are external RAID boxes that will take a few IDE disks and look as > one big SCSI device on the outside, but either way, what you are doing > sounds a little crazy to me :)
The boxes are not cheap ($5000-$6000) while 7x120GB IDE is about $1800. I want to have a 2nd identical server used for remote backup. I can do it only if I can build a real cheap server. > you'll be losing performance and still have to get more expensive cases. > have you considered adding a second file server instead? I can put 7 disks and an additional ventilator inside the computer box (all I need is supporting frames). Ehud. -- Ehud Karni Tel: +972-3-7966-561 /"\ Mivtach - Simon Fax: +972-3-7966-667 \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign Insurance agencies (USA) voice mail and X Against HTML Mail http://www.mvs.co.il FAX: 1-815-5509341 / \ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Better Safe Than Sorry ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
