I was curious about how these SATA multipliers worked and I stumbled apon a company using SATA multipliers with Linux to achieve cheep mass storage.<br><a href="http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/">http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/</a><br>
<br>I also found a good explanation of SATA Multipliers at:<br><a href="http://www.serialata.org/technology/port_multipliers.asp">http://www.serialata.org/technology/port_multipliers.asp</a><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 3:49 AM, Zachary Kotlarek <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zach@kotlarek.com">zach@kotlarek.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I've got another set of these, if anyone is interested. Same terms as before -- free for pickup in Ankeny.<br>
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Three eSATA to 5xSATA port multipliers:<br>
<a href="http://www.ioisata.com/products/Port-Multiplier/spmh3726-se.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ioisata.com/products/Port-Multiplier/spmh3726-se.htm</a><br>
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Fifteen SATA cables, 16"<br>
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Zach<br>
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