External scsi enclosure

[Mike Reinehr]

On Monday 16 May 2005 09:07 pm, Chong Yu Meng wrote:
> 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

	Another vendor is Kingston Storcase.

	Likewise, last year I researched various RAID systems and everything seemed 
to be upwards of $5,000. You might consider a less expensive alternative, 
however. That would be just to purchase an external SCSI enclosure with it's 
own power supply to house the disks, and then run Linux software RAID from 
your server.

cmr
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