[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't quite see this in my crystal ball. Rather, I see all of the SAS/SATA
chipset vendors putting RAID in the chipset. Basically, you can't get a
"dumb" interface anymore, except for fibre channel :-). In other words, if
we were to design a system in a chassis with perhaps 8 disks, then we would
also use a controller which does RAID. So, we're right back to square 1.
Richard, when I talk about cheap JBOD I think about home users/small
servers/small companies. I guess you can sell 100 X4500 and at the same
time 1000 (or even more) cheap JBODs to the small companies which for sure
will not buy the big boxes. Yes, I know, you earn more selling
X4500. But what do you think, how Linux found its way to data centers
and become important player in OS space ? Through home users/enthusiasts who
become familiar with it and then started using the familiar things in
their job.
I was looking for a new AM2 socket motherboard a few weeks ago. All of the ones
I looked at had 2xIDE and 4xSATA with onboard (SATA) RAID. All were less than
$150.
In other words, the days of having a JBOD-only solution are over except for
single
disk systems. 4x750 GBytes is a *lot* of data (and video).
There has been some recent discussion about eSATA JBODs in the press. I'm not
sure they will gain much market share. iPods and flash drives have a much
larger
market share.
Proven way to achieve "world domination". ;-))
Dang! I was planning to steal a cobalt bomb and hold the world hostage while
I relax in my space station... zero-G whee! :-)
-- richard
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