[MLB-WIRELESS] Free Terabyte of storage (there's a catch)

[Gabrielle Harrison & Paul van den Bergen]

On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 22:03:05 +1000, Winder <winder at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> What sort of SCSI interface? Hot swap or normal scsi cable and sep. power
> connector?
>
> Regards,
> g at z.

um... have a look back at the original post, there is a link to the  
manufacturers spec sheet there.

>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> [mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au]On Behalf Of Gabrielle
> Harrison & Paul van den Bergen
> Sent: Thursday, 2 June 2005 9:15 PM
> To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Free Terabyte of storage (there's a catch)
>
>
> OK, here is the lowdown on the terabyte of disks.
>
> firstly, it is only 32 disks (not 32 x 8 = 256 disks), each 4.7 GB, so  
> not
> a terabyte as such. On the up side they are being removed from the racks
> [1] and delivered to Latrobe. On the other down side there are a couple  
> of
> people in the queue for them.  If and when I get some I'll let everyone
> know and then we can best decide how to distribute them. I have a couple
> of bits of HW that can use them... old sun boxes for instance, but am
> willing to use them to the best purpose possible for the general benefit
> of MW! since I am easily capable of being magmanimous with other peoples
> property that I don't have my hands on yet :-)
>
> note these are UW scsi disks. especially suit those who collect and
> maintain odd old hardware.
>
> all thanks to Benji for spotting this.
>
> [1] don't ask. apparently it's an old telephone exchange, ericson
> equipment. These are not the type of rack you are looking for.
>
>
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