[rescue] eSATA on SPARC - or SCSI->eSATA converters

[Peter Stokes]

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> On 14 Feb 2018, at 09:57, Michael-John Turner <mj at mjturner.net> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Feb 09, 2018 at 04:34:40PM +0000, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> If not for the deafening roar such a machine makes, it would be a perfect
Sun
>> machine to have in the rack in my garage - small, low power, lots of
cores,
>> etc.
>
> Indeed. I'd love a quiet, modern SPARC system at home but AFAICS such a
thing doesn't exist (the Ultra 45 was probably the last of those and they're
/crazy expensive/ on the second hand market). Are any of the more modern SPARC
systems as quiet as a modern x86 server?

The U45 and U25 are expensive because a certain (government?) organisation in
US hoovered a large quantity up of the second user ones over the last 3 years.
The knock on is that the 2500 and 1500 have also kept a decent price. Couple
that with the U45/25 being the last of the desk side units and a recipe for
long lasting demand.

The other option is the V250 but here it is the PSUs which are in demand as
well as the motherboard being the same as the red 2500.

So no real cheap options, but the 150 red is probably the best option.

Peter
>
> Cheers, MJ
> --
> Michael-John Turner * mj at mjturner.net * http://mjturner.net/
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