OT: hard drives

[Boaz Bezborodko]

On 9/21/2010 5:29 PM, Boaz Bezborodko wrote:
>  Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:08:15 -0400
>> From: "Richard Kreiss"<rkreiss at verizon.net>
>> Subject: OT: hard drives
>> To: "'filePro Mailing List'"<filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
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>> My client has an HP server and we need to add more drives.
>>
>> SCSSI drives hot swappable
>>
>> My question is current the drive are single port.  In checking available
>> drive, the one I saw are dual port.  Are the combatable?
>>
>>
>> Richard Kreiss
>> GCC Consulting
>> rkreiss at gccconsulting.net
>> ?
>
> They are not compatible.
>
> The single port (80 pin SCSI or Fibre Channel--You'll need to know 
> which you're using) are the ones used for the HP hot-swap enclosures.
>
> You should be able to find these drives on Ebay.
>
> If you need more than one then search "SCSI DRIVES LOT".
>
> (Hmmm...Someone has a bunch of 146GB 10K RPM ones at ~ $70 each.  I 
> could double the storage capacity on my main array for ~$300.)
>
> Boaz

Oops...I forget to consider that they might be SAS (Serial Attached 
SCSI) drives in which case....Never mind.

Boaz