[geeks] ADMIN NOTE: Server upgrade soon

[Nadine Miller]

On Mar 18, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Jonathan J. M. Katz wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net>  
> wrote:
>
>> Look for CD-ROM towers, either SCSI or empty meant for duplicator  
>> systems.
>> I think that a little 4 bay case would be under $100 sans PSU, a  
>> little
>> more with a PSU.
>>
>
> Gang, why not just reuse a Sun 911. Gut the scsi cable out and put  
> in eSATA
> cables and be done with it? It has the PSU and ability to hold a  
> bunch of
> drives...
>
> http://www.obsolyte.com/sunFAQ/911howto/

You'd have to do some plastic hacking based on the multi-lane adaptor  
plates I've seen--they expect the typical SCSI backplates you see on  
"generic" SCSI containers.

I had two of these thinking just the same thing a while back--but that  
was when I was using IDE->SATA adaptors on my drives.  This case would  
not work with those b/c they added about 1/2" to the length of the  
hard disk.  With actual SATA drives, they'd work fine.

The multi-lane kit I found here <http://www.cooldrives.com/multilane-adapter-kit.html 
 > runs $90, plus the cost of the 911 (I got mine for free from a  
former list member).  I ended up passing them to another rescuer.

Looking at all the options, the Antec 1200 ($179@ the egg)/Thermaltake  
Spedo ($174 @ the egg) will still be cheaper unless you are going over  
12 drives (including your boot disks).

=Nadine=