External scsi enclosure

[Vu Pham]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org 
> [mailto:linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org] On Behalf Of Chong Yu Meng
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 8:08 PM
> To: Linux tips and tricks
> Subject: Re: External scsi enclosure
> 
> Vu Pham wrote:
> > I have a small server with Adaptec 2200S controller with 
> two external 
> > LVD/SE connectors. I would like to have an external raid-1 
> or raid-5 disk system.
> > 
> > Any advice on an external scsi enclosure or similar thing 
> is appreciated.
> > 
> 
> Hi Vu,
> 
> Was looking for the same thing myself, not too long ago. Be 
> advised that external RAID enclosures are NOT cheap. In fact, 
> they are extremely expensive. I don't know about the 
> performance because I've never actually bought one.
> 
> The vendors you might want to look out for are:
> - Stardom (http://www.stardom.com.tw/)
> - Accusys
> - Axiomtek

Chong, thanks for the links. You are right, those nice enclosures are pretty
expensive. I  found a nice 1U enclosure on StorCase and its price is about
3K. With a litte bit more $, I can get a nice Dell PowerEdge 2850 server
with RAID 5 that I can expand in the future.

In fact, I sent the customer the links of those enclosures and the PowerEdge
2850, and they decided to get the Dell :-)

Vu