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  1. 16th October 2006, 11:26 AM #1
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    External Rack Mounted SCSI Hard Disk Enclosure

    Can anyone recommend a rack mounted SCSI hard drive enclosure to me? I've been searching and can only find a 14 drive HP one and a 14 drive Dell one. Both cost in the region of £1300 which is a tad excessive I feel.

    It doesn't need to have 14 drives. Seven would do fine. Ta
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  2. 16th October 2006, 11:45 AM #2
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    Re: External Rack Mounted SCSI Hard Disk Enclosure

    These things don't appear to be cheap.

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  3. 16th October 2006, 11:58 AM #3
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    Re: External Rack Mounted SCSI Hard Disk Enclosure

    SCSI and cheap are mutually exclusive :P

    SCSI XOR CHEAP
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  4. 16th October 2006, 11:07 PM #4
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    Re: External Rack Mounted SCSI Hard Disk Enclosure

    I can only think of the HP ones that you have already mentioned.
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    Re: External Rack Mounted SCSI Hard Disk Enclosure

    what do you actually need this for? Adding more HDDs to the server or creating a NAS?

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    Re: External Rack Mounted SCSI Hard Disk Enclosure

    For adding more drives to a server which has no room left in its internal enclosures
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  7. 17th October 2006, 09:04 AM #7
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    Re: External Rack Mounted SCSI Hard Disk Enclosure

    @Norphy: Ring Stuart @ 1st Technologies (01254 878800) - this is the sort of random item he might have going very cheap 2nd hand.
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    Re: External Rack Mounted SCSI Hard Disk Enclosure

    Thanks Ric, I'll give them a try.

    Quote Originally Posted by DMcCoy
    SCSI and cheap are mutually exclusive :P

    SCSI XOR CHEAP
    Doesn't necessarily have to be cheap, just less than £1300
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    Re: External Rack Mounted SCSI Hard Disk Enclosure

    From the prices I saw when looking yesterday £1300 was cheap.

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    Re: External Rack Mounted SCSI Hard Disk Enclosure

    How about:

    http://www.tickpc.co.uk/products.asp?viewItem=17340 ???

    or

    http://www.span.com/catalog/product_...oducts_id=1509

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