On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 02:52:28AM -0500, John Miller wrote: > Nate Duehr wrote: > >> Bob wrote: > >>> Sorry for the OT post but I know a few round here are well informed > >>> on the storage industry. > >>> > >>> I'm just about to migrate a bunch of PCs to SATA from IDE as the IDE > >>> drive caddies are failing [0] and I already have my server and a few > >>> PCs using SATA, what I'm looking for is a drivebay / backplane > >>> manufacturer that has 5, 4, 3 and 1 slot internal bays available > >>> that use the *same* tray / housing / caddie. > >>> > >>> The tray / housing / caddie doesn't have to be rugged [1] or cover > >>> the whole drive, it would just be *really* convenient to be able to > >>> move drives around at will. > >>> > >>> My search (below) hasn't helped much, has anyone round here got any > >>> suggestions? > >>> sata "removable (disk | drive | harddrive) (caddy | bay | drawer | > >>> tray)" single multi > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> [0] I think all ATA removable bays take a bunch of liberties with > >>> the standard anyway and these were cheap and are old > >>> [1] which I suppose by definition means it's not a caddie > >> <fx> crickets, cicadas and frogs </fx> > >> Alternatively if you can think of a better forum for this post a link > >> would also be appreciated. > > > > The folks on the Debian-ISP list probably deal with this type of > > hardware quite a bit more than the average Debian home user on the > > main user list? > > Forwarding this to debian-isp, but I'll try to answer in the meantime. > Are your PCs rackmount, server-class towers, or regular consumer cases? > The servers I've worked with have all had their caddies and backplanes > provided by the case manufacturer; all the caddies have been > interchangeable, but not between server/case manufacturers. I've not > seen a server case manufacturer that also makes a single-drive hotswap > bay. I haven't seen a desktop case with built-in hotswap, either. > > >From Googling around, I found cooldrives.com, which advertises external > drive enclosures. Perhaps something like that's an option for you? > Also looks like Thermaltake makes a single-drive SATA hotswap bay, which > could be useful Good luck to you in your search! >
Also look at addonics.com Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
