[Cialug] sata drive bays

[David Champion]

Those are OK... the price is pretty high for just the chassis and no drives.

I bet the price is lower, and performance is better if you buy the used
server and install your own open source NAS software.

Even buying new equipment, you can get a bottom-end Dell T110 server, with 4
internal SATA bays for about 1/2 of what that Synology box costs. It is
bigger, and takes a bit more work on your part, but IMHO you end up with a
better device.

-dc

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com>wrote:

> this just came over from omaha, it's 5 by default, but there's an addon:
>
> <<<<
> FYI-
>
> I got a Synology DS1511+ a few weeks ago and it's AWESOME!  (
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/**product/B004GKLT4G<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GKLT4G>)
>
> It's the smallest 5-spindle server I can imagine.  And under the hood, it's
> just a (slightly funky) linux box.
>
> I'm disappointed with the 5-bay addon (DX510
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/**product/B003DTLXKG<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003DTLXKG>)
> because it's really slow
> compared to the primary 5.
>
> But now I have a 10-disk 12TB raided NAS that does a whole lot of cool
> stuff, using a great web interface, and I can inspect its internals like
> any
> other linux server.
>
> And it's small enough that my cat has trouble lying on it comfortably...
> >>>>
>
> -barry
>
>
>
>
> On 9/28/2011 12:53 PM, Dave Hala Jr wrote:
>
>> I saw those, they were cool. Never though about looking for a used
>> one... ebay here I come!!!
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 2011-09-28 at 12:44 -0500, David Champion wrote:
>>
>>> There is (was) a supermicro 12-bay 2U server with hot-swap bays, you
>>> can find them used for a very reasonable price, and install something
>>> like FreeNAS or OpenFiler.
>>>
>>> -dc
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Dave Hala Jr<dave at 58ghz.net>  wrote:
>>>         I'm looking for a low cost sata drive bay. 6-12 drive capacity
>>>         would be
>>>         nice. Redundant power would be great, but not mandatory.
>>>
>>>         Anyone find anything reasonably priced? Google turns up a lot
>>>         of stuff
>>>         but its really hard to sort through.
>>>
>>>         :) Dave
>>>
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