[vox-tech] Computer case for lots of drives...

[Ken Herron]

Mike,

Somebody feel free to prove me wrong, but I'd be surprised if anyone 
makes a case like you've outlined. There's little or no commercial demand 
for it; people wanting to do RAID or just control that many drives 
generally go for hotswap SCSI.

There are a couple of computer surplus stores in the area with used SCSI 
gear for sale. You should be able to get a fast/wide controller for less 
than $30 and individual 9 or 18 gb drives for around $15-25 each. Since 
it's SCSI you can put the drives in their own case (which you can also 
find used) separate from the motherboard if you like. Or you can buy an 
old HP netserver or compaq somethingorother; these have room for a 
motherboard and six or seven hotswap bays. The place I was in yesterday 
had several netservers for around $150 each. They also had a big crate of 
"untested" SCSI drives for I think $3 each.

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Kenneth Herron  Kherron@newsguy.com     916-366-7338