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.
Previously Will <westes-usc@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.
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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"CJT" <abujlehc@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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"Arno Wagner" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Previously Will <westes-usc@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.
Previously Will <westes-usc@noemail.nospam> wrote:
> 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.
Hmm. If it is not a high-performance application, ordinary
notebook drives may actually do fine. They are at the performance
level that 3.5" SATA drives were 2-3 years ago. Running them 24/7
is also not really that much of an issue.
Arno
> --
> Will
> "CJT" <abujlehc@prodigy.net> wrote in message
> news:4872BC46.20907@prodigy.net...
>> 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...@prodigy.net.
So in that case maybe a 2.5 SAS solution would better meet the combined
requirements of small size and high performance.
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"Arno Wagner" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Previously Will <westes-usc@noemail.nospam> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Hmm. If it is not a high-performance application, ordinary
> notebook drives may actually do fine. They are at the performance
> level that 3.5" SATA drives were 2-3 years ago. Running them 24/7
> is also not really that much of an issue.
>
> Arno
>
>
> > --
> > Will
>
>
> > "CJT" <abujlehc@prodigy.net> wrote in message
> > news:4872BC46.20907@prodigy.net...
> >> 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?
> >>
> >> --
> >> The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to
> >> minimize spam. Our true address is of the form che...@prodigy.net.
>
>
Previously Will <westes-usc@noemail.nospam> wrote:
> So in that case maybe a 2.5 SAS solution would better meet the combined
> requirements of small size and high performance.
Your application does not strike me as high-performance. But if
it is, then yes, 2.5" SAS would be the way to go, I think.
Arno
> --
> Will
> "Arno Wagner" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:6dg8c8F2d7joU1@mid.individual.net...
>> Previously Will <westes-usc@noemail.nospam> wrote:
>> > 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.
>>
>> Hmm. If it is not a high-performance application, ordinary
>> notebook drives may actually do fine. They are at the performance
>> level that 3.5" SATA drives were 2-3 years ago. Running them 24/7
>> is also not really that much of an issue.
>>
>> Arno
>>
>>
>> > --
>> > Will
>>
>>
>> > "CJT" <abujlehc@prodigy.net> wrote in message
>> > news:4872BC46.20907@prodigy.net...
>> >> 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?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to
>> >> minimize spam. Our true address is of the form che...@prodigy.net.
>>
>>
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