> Your probably best off getting something like this
> http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/rr2340.htm
>
> 16x SATA card in PCI-E 8x
> ~$600 AUS which works out at around $40 per drive

Looks good, but I wonder why you can't do something similar 
for rather less.

I understand that, while SIDE is usually run 1 drive per 
cable to the controller that you can actually logically 
operate up to 16 (maybe 15?) from a single SIDE port. I 
understand (quite possibly incorrectly) that it's little 
more than cabling involved. Sounds unlikely, but ... .

Obviously the above would have serious data bandwidth 
implications if using the drives for uncorrelated data 
access. from many sources. If its mainly photos and a single 
user then that's  not an major problem except perhaps if 
transferring files within the array - not usually what I do.




        Russell


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