DA Morgan wrote:
> Frank van Bortel wrote:
>
>> DA Morgan wrote:
>>
>>> IANAL_VISTA wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Earlier this week I came across a vendor who was selling a 1TB for $1K
>>>> US!
>>>> It contained 4 250GB drives that could be configured as Raid-0, 1 or 5.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'd like the link: Off-line if that is more appropriate.
>>
>>
>> 250GB Disk drives, at the local supermarket, €120 each,
>> ATA-133, 16MB buffer.
>> About US$160, at the current rate, I'd say. Totals $540.
>> Add some $profit, enclosure, low-cost "RAID controller",
>> and you're done.
>
>
> I was afraid you'd say that. There goes ethernet bonding, there goes
> path redundancy, there goes flash-mirror and flash-restore. In comes
> OCFS. And, of course, there goes any hardware warranty. But thanks.
I did not respond with the 1TB for 1k$ - just gave an update on price
levels. And with JBOD (yes, and OCFS) being 'hot', why not?
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Regards,
Frank van Bortel
Received on Thu Jun 02 2005 - 10:26:37 CDT
