[Info-vax] rx2600s on eBay

[Hein, Nashua NH]

On Mar 20, 6:58 pm, Jim Mehlhop <mjim1... at qwest.net> wrote:
> sapienzaf wrote:
> > On Mar 20, 2:19 pm, "Hein, Nashua NH" <heinvandenheu... at gmail.com>
:
> My rx2600 (the one I am using to reply to this) included the trays in
> the driver 0 and 1 slots.

Yes, those 'Asset Recovery Corporation' RX2600 all come with 2 drive
trays, and a blank. For yucks I tried to 'convert' a blank to a
carrier with a circular saw, but it you cut it flush to the side wall
it is still a little to narrow to hold a drive.
I wanted 3 trays for the system, and it is kinda nice to have an easy
spare/backup... and I wanted multipel OS (hpux in my case), so the 2
trays did not cut it. :-).

> I bought a drive in a tray for about $150 73GB 10k, before I received
> the system and saw the trays.  :-(

Ouch. 'bout as much as the system!. Having followed it some, it seems
that
18g/10k = $10, 36g10k = $15, 72g/10k=$30 - $40.  15Krpm is 50% - 100%
more.
146G and 300 gb drives are still 'current', somewhat and still
expensive.

> Now I can buy a plain Ultra320 disk and mount it in my trays.

Right. Just hit Ebay and follow for a few days if you are willing to
make the time for that.

I have some excess 18G and 36G 10krpm SCA-80 SCSI drives that would
work that I can let go for cost  (roughly as per above) or for a good
cause.

btw... I did NOT create this topic to look for partners to buy a 'lot'
of 3.
I have exceeded my hardware quota already!
If you want to team up, just reply here with a location/range and wait
and see?
I was just relaying my learnings over the past months just in case a
lurker out there needed a little push to commit to buying one of those
nice systems.

have a great weekend you'all.
Hein.