Re: Firewire Depot and eRAID 5? (fwd)

["John Abreau-2" <user=184@nabble.blu.org>]

I bought a NORCO DS-1220 box myself. I haven't had the time to 
set it up yet, but it got good reviews at newegg. The unit has 
12 hot-swappable SATA drive trays and comes with an eSATA card 
for the server you hook it up to. 

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816133001

Without any disks installed, it costs $759.99.  Add to that a few 
server-class 1TB drives such as Seagate ST31000340NS at $289.99: 

    DS1220 + 4 drives : 760 + 290x4 => 1920 
    DS1220 + 8 drives : 760 + 290x8 => 3080 
    DS1220 + 12 drives : 760 + 290x12 => 4240 

If you cheap out and get consumer-class 1TB drives such as the Seagate 
ST31000340AS at $199.99: 

    DS1220 + 4 drives : 760 + 200x4 => 1560 
    DS1220 + 8 drives : 760 + 200x8 => 2360 
    DS1220 + 12 drives : 760 + 200x12 => 3160 

Configured as RAID5, you could have 11 TB of storage for $3,160 with 
consumer-class drives or $4,240 with server-class drives. 



Scott R. Ehrlich wrote: 
> Let's modify the request to also include reputable companies offering 
> a similar type of device with a starting price of $3000. 
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> Scott 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:58:49 -0400 (EDT) 
> From: Scott R. Ehrlich <[hidden email]> 
> To: [hidden email] 
> Subject: Firewire Depot and eRAID 5? 
> 
> Hello to all: 
> 
> I am very interested in FW Depot's - http://fwdepot.com) eRAID 5 
> system for a relatively inexpensive (vs 4k or more) external, 
> self-contained RAID 5 system as a hard drive backup solution. 
> 
> I am first wondering people's thoughts/experiences with this company? 
> How are they with support and customer feedback?   What is the quality 
> of their products?   How well do their products, or, in this case, 
> their eRAID 5, interface with a CentOS 5 machine? 
> 
> I sent them a question via their web interface yesterday, then when I 
> got no response today, I emailed them this morning, and still no 
> response. 
> Doesn't make me feel very optimistic of their [potential] customer 
> interaction. No phone number on their Contact Us sight doesn't help 
> either. 
> 
> Are there any other similar RAID 5 devices from other places that have 
> good customer feedback and whose products are well-liked and work well? 
> 
> Thanks for any insight/feedback. 
> 
> Scott 
>