[oi-dev] [osol-discuss] "small" jbod tower?

[Gary Driggs]

On Jan 17, 2011, at 8:52 AM, "Richard L. Hamilton" wrote:
> If you want less cables, you may want the port multiplier configuration. Not what I'd pick, because it locks you in more and has less bandwidth, but that's up to you.

How so?

As far as drive chassis vs PC tower with drive bays, why would you want the latter? Presumably SAS is going to be viable for a few more years when you'll be ready to replace all that other hardware.

-Gary