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Turd
06-15-2005, 08:31 PM
anyone know of similar product that comes empty? I already have drives and would like to have external case to house them and atttach via network/1394/etc.....


http://www.buffalotech.com/products/product-detail.php?productid=100&categoryid=19
sig239
06-15-2005, 08:49 PM
I was checking those out at Fry's the other day. cool idea.
Sgt Beavis
06-16-2005, 12:06 AM
[QUOTE=Turd]anyone know of similar product that comes empty? I already have drives and would like to have external case to house them and atttach via network/1394/etc.....


http://www.buffalotech.com/products/product-detail.php?productid=100&categoryid=19[/QUOTE]

Just use an old PC with a lot of storage bays. Install linux and run it as a samba file server. Stripe the set for redundancy and you're good to go.
AbecX
06-16-2005, 08:05 AM
[QUOTE=Sgt Beavis]Just use an old PC with a lot of storage bays. Install linux and run it as a samba file server. Stripe the set for redundancy and you're good to go.[/QUOTE]
Thats what I did, but I built a 2.5Ghz celery with 512mb of ram to do it. Two more drives to a terrabyte! 785G right now, with 200GB free.