From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Mar 10 19: 5:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from ghs.ssd.k12.wa.us (locutus.ghs.ssd.k12.wa.us [216.186.55.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDCAC37B718 for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2001 19:05:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from protozoa@ghs.ssd.k12.wa.us) Received: from localhost (protozoa@localhost) by ghs.ssd.k12.wa.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA89642; Sat, 10 Mar 2001 19:05:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from protozoa@ghs.ssd.k12.wa.us) Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 19:05:25 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Feldman To: David Miller Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] Fibre channel enclosures? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sorry to continue more OT stuff, but: What FC host adapters are working well in FreeBSD? I just found an Adaptec model used for very cheap. It's actually possible that Fiber Channel could be cheaper than Ultra160 if you build your own enclosure with Cinonic cards, buy clearance 1 GHz drives, and are lucky enough to find a very cheap used host adapter. I'm not sure this is a good thing, since it doesn't seem like Fiber Channel is easy to set up reliably.... - dan feldman student, garfield high school, seattle On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, David Miller wrote: > Apologies for the off topic nature of the question... > > I see FC drives for sale unbelievably cheap in a number of > places. megahaus.com has 36 GB IBM FC drives for $219, pricewatch has 9 > GB and 18 GB drives from seagate and IBM for under $100. > > The issue, of course, is that one needs a low cost enclosure to mount > them in. > > Any suggestions? I'm looking for something less expensive than JMR's > Fortra series. Very nice, but a bit pricey at 2 thousand plus. > > Thanks in advance, > > --- David > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message