[geeks] ADMIN NOTE: Server upgrade soon

Joshua Boyd jdboyd at jdboyd.net
Wed Mar 18 14:42:40 CDT 2009


On Mar 18, 2009, at 12:17 PM, Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> On Mar 18, 2009, at 11:36 , Joshua Boyd wrote:
>
>>> I assume you mean convert a SAS to SATA?
>>>
>>> The SCSI stuff I see is either large or too expensive, often both.
>>>
>>> It can't be rack stuff either, gotta be something that can live  
>>> on a desk or on stop of the Solaris machines (A Dell T105).
>>
>> I meant take a simple SCSI case and convert it to SATA
>
> I thought so... and the only ones I know of are either large, or  
> expensive, or both.
>
> Do you know of some that are small like the SATA enclosures we've  
> talked about here?

An older used one, like the one sitting in my basement?

Search ebay?

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.



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