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@albert. That's not really the problem, as well it's a little redundant since there are HDD enclosures that already have port multipliers in them such as this one from Sans Digital http://www.sansdigital.com/towerraid/tr4mbnc.html . As you will notice in your link, under the Product Features it ...

I looked into some enclosures that do support FIS Based Switching, and there are a few available, but I'm hesitant in buying more devices that may or may not be compatible with the B3. I'm now looking into purchasing a USB to Ethernet adapter instead, and have already made some enquiries to a few ...

LVM over USB sounds like a data integrity nightmare, even if it was possible. :)


Have you any suggestion as to what I should use then? I've read on some Linux sites that one is able to use [at least], a single USB external/enclosure HDD with LVM, but running some command lines before unplugging ...

Thanks for the info.I do realize that the host [B3] must have a port multiplier in order for it to "see" my 4 bay enclosure on the eSATA port. It's unfortunate that most of the devices for port multipliers rest with PCs, either with a built-in adapter or an add-on adapter, but the balance of devices ...

Ok, to clarify. The hardware supports port multiplying but we haven't tested, so we can't promise that there aren't low-level software limitations that prevent this from working. HOwever it's an interesting question so we'll order such a device today and test this asap. Give us a few days and we'll ...

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So this does support a 4-bay enclosure then? [4x2TB] drives mapped as one 8TB single volume?

I just want to be certain of purchasing the correct enclosure [also looking at the Sans Digital enclosure mentioned above] and the correct "plug". I don't need problems afterward of ...