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From: Will on 7 Jul 2008 15:50
Is there 2.5 SATA drive whose use is recommended for a server? I have an
industrial rackmount computer with SCSI drives currently that leaves no room
for the cable connections behind the drives. It's HOURS of work to remove
and replace a drive. I want something that gives us a lot more room to
work behind the drives.

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From: Arno Wagner on 7 Jul 2008 20:39
Previously Will <westes-usc(a)noemail.nospam> wrote:
> Is there 2.5 SATA drive whose use is recommended for a server?

Yes, but they are hard to get.

> I have an
> industrial rackmount computer with SCSI drives currently that leaves no room
> for the cable connections behind the drives. It's HOURS of work to remove
> and replace a drive. I want something that gives us a lot more room to
> work behind the drives.

2.5" driver for server use are typically used in blade servers.
I am not aware of a source on the general market. You may get them
as spare parts from blade server suppliers.

Arno


From: CJT on 7 Jul 2008 21:00
Will wrote:
> Is there 2.5 SATA drive whose use is recommended for a server? I have an
> industrial rackmount computer with SCSI drives currently that leaves no room
> for the cable connections behind the drives. It's HOURS of work to remove
> and replace a drive. I want something that gives us a lot more room to
> work behind the drives.
>
What kind of chump server is THAT?

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From: Will on 7 Jul 2008 21:37
Altigen voicemail server. It's a vendor supplied "integrated" solution
that uses an older ISA / PCI single-slot computer design, so you don't get
as much flexibility as you might like on choice of the enclosure.

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"CJT" <abujlehc(a)prodigy.net> wrote in message
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> Will wrote:
>> Is there 2.5 SATA drive whose use is recommended for a server? I have
>> an
>> industrial rackmount computer with SCSI drives currently that leaves no
>> room
>> for the cable connections behind the drives. It's HOURS of work to
>> remove
>> and replace a drive. I want something that gives us a lot more room to
>> work behind the drives.
>>
> What kind of chump server is THAT?
>
> --
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> minimize spam. Our true address is of the form che...(a)prodigy.net.


From: Will on 7 Jul 2008 21:38
"Arno Wagner" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message
news:6dfra3F2csp9U3(a)mid.individual.net...
> Previously Will <westes-usc(a)noemail.nospam> wrote:
>> Is there 2.5 SATA drive whose use is recommended for a server?
>
> Yes, but they are hard to get.
>
>> I have an
>> industrial rackmount computer with SCSI drives currently that leaves no
>> room
>> for the cable connections behind the drives. It's HOURS of work to
>> remove
>> and replace a drive. I want something that gives us a lot more room to
>> work behind the drives.
>
> 2.5" driver for server use are typically used in blade servers.
> I am not aware of a source on the general market. You may get them
> as spare parts from blade server suppliers.

If you have a Compaq or Dell part number for the 2.5 SATA drives they use in
their blades, that would work as well.

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Will


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