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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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    Re: External Rack Mounted SCSI Hard Disk Enclosure

    These things don't appear to be cheap.

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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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    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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    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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