[geeks] ADMIN NOTE: Server upgrade soon

[Lionel Peterson]

On Mar 18, 2009, at 3:47 PM, "Jonathan J. M. Katz" <jon at jonworld.com>  
wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net>  
> wrote:
>
>> Look for CD-ROM towers, either SCSI or empty meant for duplicator  
>> systems.
>> I think that a little 4 bay case would be under $100 sans PSU, a  
>> little
>> more with a PSU.
>>
>
> Gang, why not just reuse a Sun 911. Gut the scsi cable out and put  
> in eSATA
> cables and be done with it? It has the PSU and ability to hold a  
> bunch of
> drives...
>
> http://www.obsolyte.com/sunFAQ/911howto/

I asked just this question a while ago, but I wanted to swap the  
circuit board in the 711 multi-pack (the one that holds 6 or 12 SCSI  
drives)...

I wonder if you could get by without the circuit board...

Lionel