Multi-Bay DAS Enclosures: Expanding Drive Bays Without Building a Second NAS
Every data hoard eventually outgrows its case. The main server is full, the HBA’s ports are full, and the next logical move looks like building a second NAS from scratch, a second motherboard, a second CPU, a second OS to patch and monitor. Before doing that, it’s worth asking whether the actual problem is “I need more compute” or just “I need more drive bays,” because those are different problems with different, much cheaper answers. A DAS enclosure is the second answer: a box of drive bays with no brain of its own, attached to a host system that already exists. ...