From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 20 08:49:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA08719 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 08:49:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail11.digital.com (mail11.digital.com [192.208.46.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA08713 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 08:49:26 -0700 (PDT) From: garyj@frt.dec.com Received: from cssmuc.frt.dec.com (cssmuc.frt.dec.com [16.186.96.161]) by mail11.digital.com (8.7.5/UNX 1.5/1.0/WV) with SMTP id LAA31361 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 11:29:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost by cssmuc.frt.dec.com; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/14Nov95-0232PM) id AA25614; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 17:28:59 +0200 Message-Id: <9706201528.AA25614@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message from "Jordan K. Hubbard" of Fri, 20 Jun 97 03:37:07 PDT. Reply-To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Subject: Re: Announcement: New DPT RAID Controller Driver Available Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 20 Jun 97 17:28:59 +0200 X-Mts: smtp Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk jkh@time.cdrom.com writes: > Unless, of course, they had something like the AMES wind tunnel > providing forced airflow past the drives, then I suppose the plastic > sled construction wouldn't really matter much, would it? :-) > basically, the Storage Works thingies from DEC _do_ have a wind tunnel :) I have one of these things at home and it has 2 large fans on the back pushing (or pulling ?) air. I've seen some pretty big RAID arrays here at DEC, all made using plastic enclosures. They work good (although I have to agree with an earlier poster that those flimsy flex connections are pretty cheesy and *so* easy to ruin). --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de (play) gj@freebsd.org