[rescue] Sun Fire V210 drive bracket

[Joshua D. Boyd]

On 06/29/2010 04:06 PM, John Floren wrote:
> The system I bought does not have drive brackets/sleds/trays whatever
> you want to call them. I'm hoping a Sun-master could tell me: are all
> Sun trays created equal? Will I be able to make do with any given Sun
> tray, or just with a Sun Fire tray, or are there some compatible trays
> from other manufacturers? I found one V210 bracket on ebay
> (http://cgi.ebay.com/Sun-V210-V240-V440-Hard-Drive-Bracket-Spud-Caddy-/160449071945)
> but I'm loath to pay $20 for a bracket when I've only spent $50 on the
> machine... I'm hoping to find out what my options are, then try to
> locate something suitable, hopefully for cheaper/free.

You got a killer deal on that V210, and I wouldn't complain about paying 
$20 more.

The linked to bracket is what you need.  Those brackets have been used 
on a lot of machines from Ultra 1 through Ultra 80, as well as Sun 711 
arrays, and various enterprise machines like E250/E220r/E420r, and of 
course the V210 and V240s.

One thing to watch for is the screws.  A lot of screws that fit in the 
screw hole have a head thick enough to impede inserting a disk into the 
machine.  I was just banging my head on finding screws with thin enough 
heads to fit Sunday night.