From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 11 0:13: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from feral.com (feral.com [192.67.166.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5184637B721 for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2001 00:12:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mjacob@feral.com) Received: from beppo (beppo [192.67.166.79]) by feral.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA29330; Sun, 11 Mar 2001 00:12:53 -0800 Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 00:12:50 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob Reply-To: mjacob@feral.com To: David Miller Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] Fibre channel enclosures? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The JMR 4-bay is about as cheap as you'll find as far as I know. The 2K$ plus is for the 10 slot. There might be something cheaper at http://www.scsistuff.com. Yes. Pricey. The only other thing is to find (and I don't know a source) of paddlebard adapters with the 40-pin SCA connector, a +5/+12 Molex power connector and two serial-in serial-out ports that you can then draw to a DB-9 (Female) to try and 'make your own' FC case.... On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, David Miller wrote: > Apologies for the off topic nature of the question... > > I see FC drives for sale unbelievably cheap in a number of > places. megahaus.com has 36 GB IBM FC drives for $219, pricewatch has 9 > GB and 18 GB drives from seagate and IBM for under $100. > > The issue, of course, is that one needs a low cost enclosure to mount > them in. > > Any suggestions? I'm looking for something less expensive than JMR's > Fortra series. Very nice, but a bit pricey at 2 thousand plus. > > Thanks in advance, > > --- David > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message