From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jun 6 10: 8: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6D9037B403 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 10:08:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) id f56H7nq12323; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 10:07:49 -0700 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 10:07:49 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Noses Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Casing wanted Message-ID: <20010606100749.A5681@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from noses@bnc.net on Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 01:35:09PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 01:35:09PM +0200, Noses wrote: > ... dead or alive (although alive seems to be the better deal). >=20 > I've got to build (as proof of concept) a server with nine (_9_) > UDMA IDE disks (eight of them connected to a 2ware RAID controller) > and now the fact that U-IDE cables mustn't be longer than 45 cm is > biting my ass. Does anybody know a casing fitting an ATX board with > a 3ware 6800 controller and space for all those disks? I took a look > at the Chenbro Net and Echo series but no matter what I'm going to do > no more than five disks will be connected. 3ware of course is pretty > un-helpful (basically telling me that they're happy that it is my > problem and not theirs). The PC Power & Cooling Solid Steel Tower has 10 bays, 8 external. If you pick up one of their 500W or redundent 420W power supplies and a couple of drive Y-s you should be able to connect everything. You'll also have to buy mounting kits for all the drives as well since all the bays are are 5.25". I haven't used those systems, but I own one of the mid towers and I'm quite happy with it. It's really solid with no rough edges or anything. http://www.pcpowercooling.com/products/enclosures/professional/pro_towers/i= ndex.htm -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7HmNlXY6L6fI4GtQRAprIAKDZH7n7nl7Sbe/oGzVHBg1DGqRNrQCePWxU eDfpf51nvcW9FoH1fmHMA4g= =PlQD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message