[LUNI] What to do with lots of ATA drives [was: External chassis suggestion

[Mike Scott]

I already looked into this and, unfortunately, Linux isn't supported.
Only Windows and Mac-OS.  They do seem receptive and didn't dismiss me
outright.
I emailed them asking if they had plans to support it in the future and
they said they would let me know.
If you are even remotely considering this, please write and ask them.
Maybe if they get enough emails, they will support our favorite OS.

- Mike Scott

> -------- Original Message --------
> From: "bil" <bil at jeschke.homelinux.net>
> Date: Wed, October 03, 2007 4:29 pm
> To: Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion
> <luni at luni.org>
> 
> 
> Episode 171 of DL.TV had a nice segment on the Drobo, a NAS device that lets 
> you mix and match drives of any size.  And is fault tolerant.
> 
> http://www.drobo.com/products.aspx
> http://dl.tv/episodes/?p=2
> 
> On Tuesday 02 October 2007 07:04:56 pm Jay Strauss wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > sort of along those lines, I have 8-10 ATA drives (all 7200 rpm, and ~
> > 100 gig), is there any kind of external enclosure that I could get so
> > I could build a big storage device?
> >
> > Could I make a SATA cabinet out of these by using SATA adapters?
> >
> > Any suggestions how to make use of these ATA drives would be most welcomed.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jay
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