June 22, 201610 yr I'm working on my second unraid and was considering using a Mediasonic HF2-SU3S2 http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4FT4C06090&cm_re=Mediasonic_HF2-SU3S2-_-17-576-009-_-Product to supplement the drives inside the case. So basically 4-5 drives in the case and 4 in the external enclosure. Cache would be internal. Parity could be internal if that helps performance. I realize this would have performance issues if multiple drives in the enclosure were being accessed simultaneously but that would be very rare. It would make parity checks slow but that isn't a big issue. Changing the case is obviously the better solution but it would be too much of a hassle in this case so even if this costs a little more I'm ok with that as time and simplicity is much more important.
June 22, 201610 yr It should work with the speed limitations you mention as long as you have a controller with SATA port multiplier support.
June 22, 201610 yr Author Thanks. I thought it would but better to check. I will be buying a eSATA card with port-multiplier.
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