[SunRescue] Any experience with IDE to SCSI adapters???

[Ken Hansen]

That is a cute card, but the web page mentions that it was designed for
5 1/4" installations, and that 3 1/5" drives may not fit in 3 1/2" enclosure
one the adapter is in use.

It is interesting, but I don't know that I would buy a bunch of those to sit
between my sever and my data...

With the cost of PC hardware these days, why not make a linux NFS
server and stuff it with these low-cost IDE drives?

Just a thought,

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Giagnocavo" <a222 at redrose.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Any experience with IDE to SCSI adapters???


> > SCSI/IDE adapters are rare birds, and priced accordingly - you are being
> > optomisitc (IMHO) to consider the cost at $100. There is a company that
> > sells a SCSI/IDE adapter board for ntebook drives (for SPARCBook and
> > older Apple power mac applications) that sells for about $200 or more,
> > *if* you can find someone willing to sell them individually...
> >
> > Try hitechcafe.com for low-cost drives that are SCSI,
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Ken
>
> Hi Ken,
>
> After digging on the Net some more, I came across:
>
> http://www.blackfire.com.au/ide2scsi.html
>
> problem:  these folks are in Australia, which is not a close source (since
I
> am in the USA).
>
> They list them at $99 AUD, which according to current exchange rates, is
> about $60 USD (plus shipping).
>
> Assuming I can find a US source, the price might even be less.
>
> Will keep digging some more...
>
> Cordially
>
> Patrick Giagnocavo
> a222 at redrose.net
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