[geeks] ADMIN NOTE: Server upgrade soon

[Joshua Boyd]

On Mar 17, 2009, at 4:46 PM, Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> On Mar 17, 2009, at 16:01 , Bill Bradford wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 03:42:30PM -0400, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>> Sorry.
>>> Zipzoomfly had the WD black TB HD for $100-110 yesterday...
>>
>> NewEgg has it for $109.
>>
>> Ended up ordering the RE3 "Raid Edition" enterprise version of the  
>> Caviar
>> Black after all:
>>
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136313
>>
>> Looks like I got the last one, as the page no longer lets you  
>> order it.
>>
>> I'm looking at external 1U eSATA enclosures now, but they're all  
>> too darn
>> pricey ($300ish).  Don't want to trust my data to something that  
>> runs off
>> a wall brick.
>
> I'm running into that issue myself right now.
>
> I really hate wall warts for power and don't want my drives powered  
> that way, but the only things I'm finding are really expensive.
>
> Years ago I had a 4-drive rack, tower format, barely bigger than  
> the drives and it had perfect straight airflow, and it had a power  
> supply in the bottom that was small and efficient.
>
> You can't find anything like that now.  It's all powered by wall  
> warts, or they are far larger than the drives they hold.
>
> Hopefully have more time to look this week.  If I find something  
> interesting I'll pass it on here.

Have you considered converting a SCSI unit?