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RE: Another route to small scale NAS?


  • Subject: RE: Another route to small scale NAS?
  • From: "Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 11:42:46 -0000


> Phil,
>
> This looks very interesting...

I thought so...

> A couple of questions, which you may or may not know the answer to.
>
> How is this supposed to be mounted ? Looks as if all you need
> is a PC power supply and some sort of case.

These bridgeboards are usually mounted on a back plate which has the same
mounting centres as an old style "Centronics" SCSI connector and
so you can
mount them in the hole for a SCSI connector.

> Can it manage more than 1 drive ?

Not according to the specs there.

> You could end up suing a lot of switch ports if a separate
> Ethernet connection is required for each drive?

Yup - note that my posting had the subject of "Another route to *SMALL
SCALE* NAS". If you want larger scale then maybe look at:

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=10341&GroupID=634

Phil




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