Re: [9fans] robust heterogenous home file server?

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>]

> hello
> 
> i found this one interesting:
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/LaCie-Ethernet-External-Drive-300963/dp/B000BKJ5Z0
> 
> 1TB for about 650USD (about 400USD second hand)
> 
> is still a bit expensive, but may be it works. I don't know if coraid
> has something like it (i think the 1U appliance was about 2kUSD). I'm
> would love something like that too, i lost three hard drives on my
> last move, including the 9grid.es one :(.
> 
> slds.
> 
> gabi

the lacie doesn't seem to have raid or hot-swappable disks.

coraid sr appliances have both and export a block device
not a filesystem.

to make something smaller than the 1U sr0420, one would need
to have fewer than 4 disks.  4 disks is unfortunately the minimum
required for raid5+1 hot spare.

- erik