Re: hardware advice sought

From: Richard B. Gilbert (rgilbert88_at_comcast.net)
Date: 03/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 14:46:18 -0500

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.