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Best eSATA JBOD?

Posted by timothy on from the throwing-it-out-there dept.

redlandmover writes "I already have an HP Media Server (upgraded processor, and memory) that has already been upgraded internally to 3.5TB. I'm sure everyone already has their favorite backup solution (RAID, WHS, a billion external hard drives, etc). My question is: what is the best JBOD (Just a Bunch of Drives), eSATA-connected, external hard drive enclosure? (Preferably, at least 4 drives.)"

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  1. Re:Wut by Captain+Segfault · · Score: 0, Troll

    JBOD means "present the drives individually" (as in, don't present them as a single giant possibly RAIDed disk)

    I would call your solution a (primitive) JBOD. However, ideally you only need to connect one data cable to the entire shelf, rather than one per individual disk, although that's a little hard to do with SATA. (in contrast to SAS or other SCSI)

  2. Re:Wut by sexconker · · Score: 1, Troll

    Informative? WHAT THE FUCK.
    You're 100% WRONG, dipshit.
    Spanning IS JBOD! JBOD IS spanning!

    http://www.yourdictionary.com/telecom/jbod

    http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid5_gci343350,00.html

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels#Concatenation_.28SPAN.29