[rescue] let's revisit the whole FC-AL thing

[nick at snowman.net]

It's not that simple.  For the design I was going for the PCB is required,
though if you'd like I can provide the pinout, it's a public spec, and you
can attach a total of ~10 wires.  4 tx/rx, a few power, and whatever ID
etc you require.  Converting SSAs is not really worth the trouble, I was
just useing the general design, and possibly (if I can get the brackets
cheap) the brackets.  There are minimal electronics required, (~30$
total) so the physical enclosure should be almost one third the cost, the
SCA connectors the next third, and the power supplies (my current thought
is three ATX power supplies on sleds to make them hotswap) the last.
	Nick

On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 04:45:39AM -0500, nick at snowman.net wrote:
> > I'm still looking into it, but the problem is 1. I'm not a competent
> > enough PCBer.
> 
> is the PCB really even needed?  not really i don't think, it might be
> possibly to live without it.
> 
> > 2. I'd need some volume.
> 
> define some.
> 
> > 3. the SCA connectors run 5$ a pop, my current theory uses 24 in a SSA style
> > setup.
> 
> so that's $120.  which would be TWO of the connectors from this guy.  what do
> you think the chances of converting my SSA to hold FC-AL drives would be?  it's
> definitely broken, but the power supply does work, and i know it'll happily
> feed 30 drives.
> 
> > Thoughts/suggestions welcome.
> 
> nothing off the top of my head.  maybe someone else has something useful to
> say.
> 
> -brian
> 
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