On 10/15/2010 01:02 PM, Merrill Oveson 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 > > anybody know of anything of there like this? > > I'd could even live without options 1 and 3. > > Please don't suggest NetApp or EMC - way way too expensive. >
<shameless plug type="goozbach's employer"> You need a Coraid storage device. It fits everything but #4 and still matches the "Please don't suggest NetApp or EMC - way way too expensive" criteria as well. Take a look at this: http://www.coraid.com/products/sr821_8_disk_etherdrive_storage_appliance seriously, these boxes are built for this purpose. </shameless plug> -- Derek Carter aka goozbach /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
