711 StorEdge Multipack (was: [rescue] Re: OSM-2000)

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 10:32:06PM -0400, Loomis, Rip wrote:

> There are two major variants--6-bay and 12-bay.  Both use spuds.
> It's single channel auto-terminating wide SCSI, whether you
> get the 12-bay or 6-bay.  Both can *supposedly* do UW-SCSI
> even though only a few have the little "UltraSCSI" label on
> the front bottom left corner.  The only other major difference
> is that (same as SPARC 5/20 chassis) the 12-bay will only do
> LP 3.5" drives, while the 6-bay will do HH (1.6") or LP (1").

My understanding is that the 12 bay would do HH, if you left the next bay
empty.

> My only problem is a powersupply--the only source I found for
> one wants $125, and for that I feel like just buying a complete
> one and getting sides/top--and then conning someone else into
> buying the powersupply and building themselves a system.
 
> If I pick up a 6-bay cheap and strip it, does someone want the
> chassis/backplane for the cost of shipping?  I'd rather have
> capacity for more disks than be able to handle HH disks, based
> on the inventory I already have.

Where can you get 711s for anywhere near $125?

I'd be interested in a stripped unit.  It seems to me that an AT power supply
should be easy enough to hook up to the backplanes, unless there is 
additional intelligence that I don't know about.  The drives should only need
a 12v and 5v power lines.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd