[rescue] RSM Disk tray

[D.A. Muran-de Assereto]

Hmmm, now all I need to find is a differential controller
and some more SCA disks....and the brackets.

Anyone have any such devices for sale/trade?

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of Jonathan Katz
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 17:21
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [rescue] RSM Disk tray
>
>
> DA wrote:
> > I have come into posession of what appears to be a drive tray
> from an RSM
> > array, no drives. It's a 7-slot chassis, no disks. Apparently, it takes
> > up to 9GB 7200RPM drives; looks like the drives need SPUDS.
>
> Nope-- they need an RSM bracket, although spuds may physically
> fit. The nice
> thing is that they are "spacey" so you can use a larger (1/2-height) drive
> if you come across them.
>
> This is just a JBOD. As long as the disk is SCA it will work in it-- it
> doesn't have any size limitation unless you plug it into an A3000/RSM2000
> and even that's debatable. If you just have an RSM tray it's just that, a
> differential SCSI JBOD, just like a multipack.
>
> > Unfortunately, it takes 220V power, so I'd have to unplug my washing
> > machine to use it.
>
> It also takes 120. If you open up the fans (press down on the top and it
> pops out) you'll see a switch on the back of the power supply. If you
> move it to "120" from "220" you can use typical house power :)
>
> If you have two supplies, yank one out. You only need one, unless you
> really need redundant power. With only one installed you won't get the
> alarms about not feeding the redundant supply and all your lights will
> be green.... plus the annoying buzzer won't go off.
>
> > Anyone have any use for this thing? What's it worth?
>
> ~$100-$200ish. on ebay.
>
> -Jon
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