The Xserve raid is one of those marvels of all aluminium cases. Is it outdated? Maybe. But a fiber to utp box costs 20 bux and pata to sata connectors are like 7 bux a pop. And then you can still fit 14 2,5 inch ssd's in a rack.
Would that make sense for a home? No.
Would it make sense for a small business? Yes...
Raid made sense for spinning harddrives. But with ssd's it makes much less sense. But if you use it as JBOD (just a bunch of disks) it's ideal as central storage.
If it has a timer and brought to life to do every day a 1 hour central backup it could be a great way to fly?
Would that make sense for a home? No.
Would it make sense for a small business? Yes...
Raid made sense for spinning harddrives. But with ssd's it makes much less sense. But if you use it as JBOD (just a bunch of disks) it's ideal as central storage.
If it has a timer and brought to life to do every day a 1 hour central backup it could be a great way to fly?