[mythtv-users] NAS mobo

Mw meatwad2021 at gmail.com
Sun Aug 24 00:11:08 UTC 2008


Yan Seiner wrote:
> I found a case that will take 20 SATA hard drives.  Cool!  So now I'm 
> looking for a mobo that can use all 20 drives.  I can get (relatively 
> inexpensive) 4 and 8 port SATA cards, so I need something that uses 
> little power, has fast ethernet and can sustain the data transfer rates 
> that 20 hard drives can generate.
> 
> I'm thinking server class, but at the same time, all I need is ethernet 
> and disk throughput.

If you're not ashamed of assembling a FrankenSAN, have you considered 
pulling the guts out of a KuroboxPro and adding the PCIe card? You'd max 
out at 8 (12?) drives on the card and the two Marvell ports onboard. 
Otherwise it's got all you need at very low power consumption.

Specs and hacking at http://buffalo.nas-central.org/index.php/KuroBoxPro

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mw


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