[TriLUG] Looking SCSI HDD's

[Brian Henning]

I'm replying to the list in case anyone else is interested in this sort of
information..  Since I'm not trying to cut a deal, I see no reason to keep
the tip private.  I apologize in advance if this ruffles anyone's feathers.

Check out HSC Supply, www.halted.com ...  For months (up until a few months
ago) they've been first-page advertisers in Nuts & Volts, selling (among
other things) 18GB SCSI HDDs (Seagate Cheetahs) for $19.95, and also 9.1GB
drives for $14 and 4.3GB for $10.  I could have sworn somewhere in there it
said full-height, but I can't put my eye on it now.  They don't explicitly
say whether those are full- or half-height drives, and it's difficult to
tell from the thumbnail photo.  The dimensions do seem a little off to be
half-height, but it wouldn't be the first time I'd seen a product thumbnail
distorted somehow.

All I see on their "Product Specials" web page now is the 9.1GB drives, but
that's one solution you mentioned.  I don't know if $14/ea is better or
worse than what you had hoped to pay.

Cheers,
~Brian




-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org]On
Behalf Of Roy Vestal
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 11:02 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
Subject: [TriLUG] Looking SCSI HDD's


Hey folks,
 I'm looking SCSI HDD's. I have an old external SCSI enclosure that can
hold up to 7 FULL SIZE SCSI's. It's SCSI I/II 50 pin I believe (I'll
have to doublecheck the connectors). Anyway, I have a very small to none
budget to get these drives (remember, I'm rebuilding a house!), so I
can't afford to buy what I want. I'm looking to build a total of 36GB to
50GB for a Linux Digital Audio Workstation. A LVM will work fine, but
for HDD tuning I'm looking primarily for 4GB and/or 9GB, 7200RPM drives,
but at this point, any drives will be great!. I'm hoping to find 6
drives that will equal 36-50GB. For Example, 4x9GB will give 36GB plus
2x4GB will give 52GB.

Anyone got old drives they don't want that are willing to part with for
nothing-to-almost nothing? Please reply to ME offline.

TIA!
Roy

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