16 Bay Sas enclosure, any thoughts or advice?

[Troy Smith]

Hi,
I'm thinking of using this instead of maxxdigital,
does anyone (even if its someone from max) have any reasons
why it would be foolish to go this route?

http://www.pc-pitstop.com/sas_cables_enclosures/scsase166g.asp
would pair with a areca sas card

Any advice or input appreciated.

Thanks
Troy Smith

 

[Roy Pearson]

I think it'll work well, I have a couple 12-bay SAS JBOD enclosures hooked into an ATTO R380. So far (6 months) everything has been fast and stable!

Will you be sharing this storage over a network?

 

[Tim Sutherland]

Atto R380 is an awesome card, that's the one I bought and I wouldn't do it any other way. There are days where my raid is working almost 24 hours a day, multiple copies, read and write simultaneously, and the card hasn't failed me yet. Fast and stable, its perfect.

Tim