<A HREF="http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=5U-SERVER-N&cat=CAS" target="_new">Good looking "5U" server tower with 6-bay SCA rack for $120</A>
Think about this one, 120mm fans, good looks, supports 6 of those inexpensive used 80-pin drives via drive rack, to connect to a 68-pin SCSI connection.
If you look around you'll find 15,000 RPM 36GB SCA drives for around $30 each! Imagine 6 of those in RAID 5! Imagine mind blowing performance, priced similarly to a cheaper 36GBx6 Raptor solution, but with 3x the capacity, hot-swappable redundancy!
Yeh, a lot of you guys fear SCSI, others don't think it's worth your time, but you can't ignore the practice many companies use of dumping 5 year 15k RPM drives after 3 years, flooding the market with super-fast SCA drives (80-pin) most people don't want (because of the interface).
Consider this: The price of this case is similar to the price of 6 SCA to U160 adapter cards. So it's like you're paying for the drive rack and getting the case FREE!
What's that I see on the back, REDUNDANT POWER? Oh my, if you guys REALLY wanted a 1337 "Gawd Box", this would be a great place to start.
<font color=blue>Only a place as big as the internet could be home to a hero as big as Crashman!</font color=blue>
<font color=red>Only a place as big as the internet could be home to an ego as large as Crashman's!</font color=red>
Think about this one, 120mm fans, good looks, supports 6 of those inexpensive used 80-pin drives via drive rack, to connect to a 68-pin SCSI connection.
If you look around you'll find 15,000 RPM 36GB SCA drives for around $30 each! Imagine 6 of those in RAID 5! Imagine mind blowing performance, priced similarly to a cheaper 36GBx6 Raptor solution, but with 3x the capacity, hot-swappable redundancy!
Yeh, a lot of you guys fear SCSI, others don't think it's worth your time, but you can't ignore the practice many companies use of dumping 5 year 15k RPM drives after 3 years, flooding the market with super-fast SCA drives (80-pin) most people don't want (because of the interface).
Consider this: The price of this case is similar to the price of 6 SCA to U160 adapter cards. So it's like you're paying for the drive rack and getting the case FREE!
What's that I see on the back, REDUNDANT POWER? Oh my, if you guys REALLY wanted a 1337 "Gawd Box", this would be a great place to start.
<font color=blue>Only a place as big as the internet could be home to a hero as big as Crashman!</font color=blue>
<font color=red>Only a place as big as the internet could be home to an ego as large as Crashman's!</font color=red>