On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Merrill Oveson <[email protected]> wrote: > Plug: > > Looking for suggestions for the following.... > > I need to extend the disk space of my samba server. > > So I'm thinking external hard disks via eSATA. > > Here's what I'd like: > > External Box: > 1) capacity to add drives > 2) built in hardware Raid 5 > 3) hot swappable disks > 4) eSATA connection
Addonics has a really flexible system that lets your build an external storage system to suit your needs: http://www.addonics.com/products/raid_system/ast4.asp I haven't actually used one, though, it's just something I found while searching for something similar a while ago. There are really a ton of systems like this. Just look at this section at newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=509&name=Server-RAID-Systems --Levi /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
