Need an enclosure for 5-1/4 devices (not a PC cabinet!)

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1 total messages Started by jeh Fri, 24 Jul 1992 06:49

Author: jeh
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 06:49

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I have a client who needs an enclosure with power supply for a bunch of 5-1/4"
form factor SCSI devices (minimum of four full-height).  The enclosure should
have cutouts on the back for a pair of the big 50-pin "telephone style" SCSI
connectors. 

I am more interested in desktop than floor-standing enclosures.  (We *have* a
floor-standing enclosure and want to replace it.)  I know I can get a big PC
pedestal enclosure and just ignore the motherboard mount points and kluge
something for the back panel connectors, but I'd rather not kluge anything. 

The ideal arrangement from my perspective would be a rack-mount style cabinet
with the drives held in a vertical orientation, and arrayed horizontally, such
as 

	| | | | | | | |

where each | represents a half-height device... resulting in a wide, not-very-
tall (a little more than the width of a drive) box.  Wouldn't have to be very
deep either.  And cooling would be a lot better than in the typical pedestal,
which stacks the drives on top of one another other (heat tending to rise, the
top drives really cook in such an arrangement!).  

Has anyone seen such a beast in any of the local stores?

	--- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego CA
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