[geeks] FC enclosure

[geeks at sunhelp.org]

I don't know how easily this is possible, and I would tend towards the
overkill solution myself.  Also alot of the advantage to fcal is it's very
good at hot swap, which really couldn't be done this way.  If ppl are more
intrested in this, it may well end up working this way.
	Nick

On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Peter L. Wargo wrote:

> How about using a "standard" scsi drive case, but whipping up FCAL copper
> connectors on ribbon cable?  the costly bit would be the fiver-copper
> converter (GBIC) and associated bracketry...
> 
> _P
> 
> -----
> Peter L. Wargo
> pwargo at basenji.com
> Owner/operator of basenji.com.
> 
> On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 nick at snowman.net wrote:
> 
> > That's several hundred dollars off the best I've seen a decent FC
> > enclosure go for.  I may well be overestimating the total cost, and I
> > suspect I am, but I'd prefer as time goes on to revise my estimate down,
> > rather than up.
> > 	Nick
> > 
> > On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Ken Hansen wrote:
> > 
> > > Geez, that is a steep case price...
> > > 
> > > Are used cases *that* hard to find?
> > > 
> > > Just curious...
> > > 
> > > Ken
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nick at snowman.net [mailto:nick at snowman.net]
> > > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 6:13 PM
> > > To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> > > Subject: [geeks] FC enclosure
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Ok, How many ppl here would be intrested in working on designing and
> > > getting a fc-al enclosure built?  I figure for rational production runs
> > > (10+) we could get the price down between 400 and 500$ per enclosure,
> > > possibly with power supplies extra.  As I understand it FC does not cause
> > > too many problems, and most of the parts are off-the-shelf.  The most
> > > difficult part would be the custom sheetmetal, and I belive that is
> > > doable.
> > > 	Nick
> > > 
> > > 
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