Buying suggestions?

[Nitro7340]

Hello, I recently purchased a 18.2gb 10k rpm Seagate Cheetah 18LP fiber channel drive for $28. I was wondering where I can locate a cheap controller for this drive, or suggestions on what to do with this thing!

 

[Nitro7340]

bump

 

[pulse8]

Ebay.

 

[Zepper]

Makes a nice, hi-tech paper weight... 😉 I doubt you're going to want to buy a $200. plus, fiber channel host adapter to run a $20. drive. One should only buy either 68-pin or SCA for use on desktop PCs. I would suggest cancelling the order post haste!

I'm guessing that most of the fiber channel Host Adapters (never say "controller" when talking SCSI - the controllers are in the devices) are designed for mainframe and mini servers and may not work in normal PCI slots but here are some sources for you to check:

hypermicro.com (may offer free ground shipping if you mention www.storagereview.com - check the SR site for the latest offer)
centrix-intl.com
pc-pitstop.com (offers PayPal as a payment option)
scsi4me.com (ditto)
etech4sale.com
and I can usually find stuff for low bucks on eBay.

IAC, you better study up before tossing out any more $$$ on SCSI. Lots of good info here: http://www.scsifaq.org . You're not in Kansas any more, Dorothy...


.bh.

 

[Nitro7340]

what about this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=56095&item=3093599233

or this? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=56095&item=3093992806&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

 

[Carbonadium4]

I think your SOL, those are use to connect to SAN arrays.. I have FC cards you can have but they're useless, since they won't connect to your drive directly.

 

[Nitro7340]

well then can someone at least link me to what I would need to I can find the best price?

 

[Nitro7340]

come on, someone has to know what I'm looking for here!

 

[Zepper]

What you need is:
1- an LSI single channel U160 host adapter ~$40 at newegg.

2- an LVD cable with active terminator <$10. from scsi4me.

3- One or more 68-pin (easiest to deal with but usually a bit more expensive than the SCA version of the same drive) or SCA (80-pin) 10k U160 LVD drive (can be U320 if you want - drives and host adapters are backward compatible).

4- and, if you get an SCA drive) an LVD rated 68-to-80pin adapter (hypermicro includes an adapter with their SCA drives).

Plus as I said above, you need to go to scsifaq.org and learn up on scsi... He helps those who help themselves.

.bh.

 

[Nitro7340]

ok, I've done a little research... the card you recomended to me was 64-bit pci, but I only have a system capable of 32-bit.. so I think I'm looking for something like this: http://www.cmishop.com/store/ShowDetails.asp?txtProductName=CCD/ASC-29160N-BK&amp;txtMfgPartNo=ASC-29160N&amp;txtSiteTrack=


am I right?

 

[Zepper]

The LSI card is backward compatible with 32-bit PCI slots.
.bh.

 

[Nitro7340]

unfortunately I'm not sure that will work.... this drive has a SCA 40-pin connector, and the only adapter I could locate for such a drive was something like this:

http://www.corpsys.com/store/prodinfo.asp?number=FCA&amp;variation=&amp;aitem=15&amp;mitem=98

now, what am I to do with a DB9 connector?? I'm trying to learn here but it seems all a little confusing and overwhelming.

 

[Nitro7340]

any help?

 

[addragyn]

here: http://www.phfactor.net/fc/resources.html