reuse 370 hard drives

[Chris_709]

I am replacing my 18GB drives with new ones in an ML 370 G3 and was curious if there was some way to reuse them on my desktop pc, they are 15K drives and would make a pretty fast RAID 0 drive array! So I am thinking I would need some kind of external powered housing and a scsi card, does such a device exist? Or is there some other way?

[Oleg Koroz]

If time no problem for you, try to build small external powered box for up to 6 drives, use U3 LVD cage and optional power supply or go with storage box, also can be done as tower. http://h41154.www4.hp.com/dk/news/imagelib/products/Compaq%20StorageWorks%20RA4100_1.jpg
http://img.shopping.com/cctool/PrdImg/images/pr/177X150/00/01/3d/f8/02/20838402.JPG

[e4services]

You can add them internally to you desktop. You will need an 80pin to 68pin converter, a few bucks, SCSI320 cable and a SCSI320 adapter and bingo. Adaptec makes a great single channel U320 RAID adapter you can get pretty cheap for only RAID 0 or 1.

[Robin_37]

hello e4services.com

could you please mention the partnumber of the converter (80pin to 68pin)which you are talking off.

Regards

[Benjamin W. Hill_1]

Robin,

Check out the converters at the following URL
http://www.hypermicro.com/product.asp?pf_id=ADHM868&dept_id=11-002

I believe this is what your need, or you can get backplanes for the drives that fit five drives into three 5.25 bays:
here:http://www.hypermicro.com/product.asp?pf_id=CSIN104&dept_id=08-003

Or you can get individual U160 trays that fit in 5.25 bays.
here: http://www.hypermicro.com/product.asp?pf_id=DEKW136&dept_id=08-003
With these, you won't need the converters.

BTW, I dont' work for these folks, but have found them to be a good source for SCSI components.

Regards,

Ben