[geeks] FC enclosure

[geeks at sunhelp.org]

Just FYI I can aquire as many FC 9gigs as I can use for ~6$ each plus
shipping.  If anyone is intrested I can sell them for the same.
	Nick

On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 nick at snowman.net wrote:

> Cool, please post a comparison if you come up with a decent one.  I keep
> seeing FC drives (9 and 18gig) go for between 9$ and 39$, which is pretty
> tempting since you can hook ~127 devices up to a FC-AL loop.
> 	Nick
> 
> On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Ken Hansen wrote:
> 
> > Given a plausable incentive (low-cost controller, cheap drives) I'd be interested - but I couldn't commit until I can price out a configuration price... $$$/gigabyte...
> > 
> > Ken
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nick at snowman.net [mailto:nick at snowman.net]
> > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 6:22 PM
> > To: 'geeks at sunhelp.org'
> > Subject: RE: [geeks] FC enclosure
> > 
> > 
> > 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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