[rescue] U10 IDE? (and possibly "NetApp home users")

Thomas Gallaway rescue at port11.net
Tue Jun 1 18:28:49 CDT 2004


Torquil MacCorkle, III wrote:

>>What's the deal with those drives, anyway? Why are they so cheap? Do
>>they perform poorly, or something? Is there any reason *not* to go with
>>these drives any time I need an SCA drive for something? (I know that
>>they're not U320/15K or anything, but compared to other 7200RPM drives
>>are they much slower?)
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>>
>
>You can get 23gb full height SCSI drives for *$2.99* *NEW* online. Think, a
>1TB SCSI array for under $200. (If space is of no concern)
>  
>
I recently bought 50Gb EMC sca drives for $12.50/pop. That's $500 for 
1Tb plus i guess you need a
drive chassie for 20 drives. Too bad I could not get more than 6 drives too.

-- Thomas



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