[TriLUG] Looking SCSI HDD's

Brian Henning brian at strutmasters.com
Tue Sep 14 08:14:29 EDT 2004


I just realized this morning I should point out also that I've never done
business with this particular company..  I'm only repeating what I saw them
advertise.

Cheers,
~Brian
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Henning" <lugmail at cheetah.dynip.com>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 10:20 PM
Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Looking SCSI HDD's


> 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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