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03-27-04 06:14 PM

I've recently picked up a Sun 220R for short money in order to work on my ru
sty technical skills at home (e.g. Oracle, apache, etc). Now I'm thinking ab
out picking up some external storage so I can play with mirroring, clusterin
g etc. My question is, does anyone have any suggestions for inexpensive stor
age options? While poking around, I've found some cheap arrays, but the SCSI
 contoller that I would need (e.g. Sun X6541A) would cost nearly as much as 
the server. Any thoughts?

Thanks.




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03-27-04 08:36 PM


jughead wrote:

>I've recently picked up a Sun 220R for short money in order to work on
>my rusty technical skills at home (e.g. Oracle, apache, etc). Now I'm
>thinking about picking up some external storage so I can play with
>mirroring, clustering etc. My question is, does anyone have any
>suggestions for inexpensive storage options? While poking around, I've
>found some cheap arrays, but the SCSI contoller that I would need (e.g.
>Sun X6541A) would cost nearly as much as the server. Any thoughts?
>
>Thanks.
>
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I just did a quick search on e-Bay.  There are fifteen X6541A cards
available.  Current prices range from $49 to $650.  With patience and
luck you should be able to pick one up for $100-$150.






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03-27-04 09:22 PM

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Originally posted by Richard B. Gilbert jughead wrote: >I've recently picked up a Sun 220R for short money in order to work on >my rusty technical skills at home (e.g. Oracle, apache, etc). Now I'm >thinking about picking up some external storage so I can play with >mirroring, clustering etc. My question is, does anyone have any >suggestions for inexpensive storage options? While poking around, I've >found some cheap arrays, but the SCSI contoller that I would need (e.g. >Sun X6541A) would cost nearly as much as the server. Any thoughts? > >Thanks. > > > >-- >jughead >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Posted via http://www.webservertalk.com >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >View this thread: http://www.webservertalk.com/message164365.html > > I just did a quick search on e-Bay. There are fifteen X6541A cards available. Current prices range from $49 to $650. With patience and luck you should be able to pick one up for $100-$150.
Thanks for the advice. I have started looking at Ebay for these cards, and I guess paying $100-$150 wouldn't be all that bad, it's just tough to swallow after paying very short money for a well-configured 220R. It looks like I'd have to pay as much for such a card and a couple of cables, that I did for the server. Due to the cost, I'm wondering if a Netra D130-type setup would be a good co mpromise. I'm assuming that it is able to use the integrated SCSI connection on the 220R. Any other thoughts? My problem is that I don't have much experience with low-end external storag e, having always had an employer's money to spend. Now that it's on my dime, it's different. ;)




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03-27-04 10:35 PM

jughead wrote:

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> I've recently picked up a Sun 220R for short money in order to work on
> my rusty technical skills at home (e.g. Oracle, apache, etc). Now I'm
> thinking about picking up some external storage so I can play with
> mirroring, clustering etc. My question is, does anyone have any
> suggestions for inexpensive storage options? While poking around, I've
> found some cheap arrays, but the SCSI contoller that I would need (e.g.
> Sun X6541A) would cost nearly as much as the server. Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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What is wrong with some used Unipacks hooked up to the onboard external SCSI
port?





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