[Eug-lug] Hot swap SATA

[Ben Barrett]

<http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=
=3D2329541&CatId=3D207>Synology's
AMP-stack "nas" enclosures have been of interest lately,
has anyone had experience with them?  I'm guessing they can just
handle light AMP-stack work... very curious though!
They have some nice 1-drive enclosures for ~$200 and some 4-drive models for
~$600.

    Ben


On 12/21/06, Darren Hayes <darrenh41 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> This article on eSATA may be of interest.
> http://news.com.com/Faster+external+drives+arriving-slowly/2100-1041_3-61=
44673.html
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Garl Grigsby" <badd_karma at comcast.net>
> To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" < euglug at euglug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:22 AM
> Subject: [Eug-lug] Hot swap SATA
>
>
> Ok, The time has come. I need to look into Hot swap SATA. Anybody have
> any real world experience? I'm looking for information on both cages and
> OS stability.
>
> The OS will be CentOS 4.4. Drives will be 250-400 GB SATA drives. I at
> least need 3 drives. Two are connected to a 3Ware 80062LPKIT SATA Raid
> Card. The third will be connected directly to the MB. The third drive is
> connected for only 2 days a week (backup drive).
>
> I will need Hot swap to work in to different situations: 1) Currently I
> am doing weekly backups to a USB HDD that is stored off site. I would
> like to move to a SATA drive as USB is slooooow. For this to work I need
> reliable hot swap/add/remove.  2) In the case that one of the drives in
> the raid array dies, I'd like to be able to replace it without downing
> the server.
>
> So, is SATA Hot swap ready for prime time? Should I wait? Comments,
> experience, suggestions are all appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Garl
> <http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug>
>
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