Re: [OT] (A little) : Firewire cables...

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

er ... remind what this was all for ... ... the current system
was=20=20
working without any problem, at all ...

withdrawal symptoms, presumably ... running a system without problems=20=20
just don't seem right ?

it's late ...

Chris


On 9 Sep 2007, at 00:38, Phil Harris wrote:

>
>> What, like this?:
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>> http://www.span.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3D15709
>>
>> :-)
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>> Jim
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> LOL - You're lagging behind there Jim ... already replied to my
own=20=20
> post
> with that link earlier. ;-)
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> I've now found all the bits I need to get myself to the point
where=20=20
> I have
> all the hardware I need for a "server" of up to around 36Tb
for an=20=20
> outlay of
> about =A3700 *EXCLUDING* the actual drives (=A3400 to build the server
=
=20
> itself
> and =A3100 to convert each of the external cases I currently have to
> SATA/eSATA).
>
> If I needed more than that in the foreseeable future the mobo
I'm=20=20
> looking at
> has enough fast PCI slots (either PCI-X, PCI-E or PCI-Ex16) to
end=20=20
> up being
> able to handle about 100 drives if it gets stuffed full of the more
> expensive eSATA cards but then the costs for those cards go up quite
> drastically!
>
> An "easy" possibility of handling up to 36Tb should keep me
going=20=20
> for the
> next 5 years or so though. ;-)
>
> Phil
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