[SunRescue] Auspex, RAID, etc.

[Dave McGuire]

On February 22, Bill Bradford wrote:
> I've got a chance to pick up an Auspex NS-7000 raid array (in 19" rackmount
> cabinet, but stripped of all the HDs) for between $50 and $200; it looks to
> still have the SPARC host processor and everything; should I bother?

  They are GODLIKE boxes.  Do it at ten times the price.

  And an Auspex is a fileserver, not a RAID array.  It contains a disk
array that can be configured for RAID, however.

> I'm looking for some kind of cheap affordable RAID array / JBOD so I can 
> consolidate things like our house MP3 collection, etc....

  There are very few cheap Auspexes.  If you've truly found one, grab
it quickly.

> One of the earlier SSAs would be nice, but too power-hungry...

  Not even in the same class.


     -Dave McGuire