[geeks] The Idea(tm)... Homebrew Terabytes Cheap

Joshua D. Boyd geeks at sunhelp.org
Fri Apr 13 20:08:58 CDT 2001


On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Jody Stephens wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 02:13:27PM -0700, Chris Byrne wrote:

> > Also you are gonna need a HONKING power supply in each box. Up until
> > recently I would have said that'd be a problem, but enermax just came out
> > with a truly kick ass 650 watt PS with two fans and 16 power taps.
> 
> Haven't gotten this far either, but it seems I shouldn't have to many problems
> (heck I got a 3/160 chassis with a 900 watt PS for $5, but anyways). And 
> these things are not 15KRPM scsi drives, they (the Western digitals I'm looking
> at) are 5400RPM ide drives.


Yeah, I've been looking to this 3/160 next to my, and I figure I could fit
maybe 12 drives in it.  So, what's the fastest VME bordset (Sun or other)
available?  


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Joshua Boyd






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