From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-03 02:04, Lars Poulsen wrote:   
      
   ...   
      
   > For a stack of 4 drives, I need an enclosure that has 4 (or 5?) bays.   
   > L:ooking over the choices on Amazon, it looks like the diskless starter   
   > set for that is going to be around $550 - $650.   
   >   
   > 2) Is there a cheaper way to do it? Maybe a cabinet without a   
   > processor that has an eSATA connector on the outside and just   
   > presents itself as the 4 drives, letting the host manage them?   
      
   Those boxes exist, at least with one USB cable outgoing. I have two   
   boxes, 5 disk slots each, and built a software raid 6 array on them (8   
   disks). Two times so far it suddenly crashes and an entire box drops out   
   and I have to rebuild the array.   
      
   The thing has its own processor.   
      
   It is very slow, but there is another version iwht USB 3.1 that should   
   be a bit faster. And the computer is slow itself.   
      
   There is another version of the box that does hardware raid.   
      
   Yottamaster.   
      
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
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