Sorry, I can't help responding to this. I love any post that go's back to cable ties. Get as techy as you like, behind the scenes there WILL be cable ties (or posh Velcro ties, my personal favourite ) somewhere holding the whole kit and caboodle together ;-) just an off topic attempt at humour :-) Simon 2011/2/19 Stan Hoeppner <stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Larry Schwerzler put forth on 2/18/2011 7:53 PM: > >> While I have considered getting a new case that can hold 8 drives + >> system drive + cd rom I always had trouble finding them. There are no >> doubt better setups then mine, but Im trying to not buy new hardware >> if I can get away with it. > > Are you mechanically inclined in the slightest? You can fix the "cable > kick" problem for less than $5 with these: > > http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?partNumber=292685-1781-45-1MBUVL&langId=-1&storeId=10151&productId=3128405&catalogId=10051&cmRelshp=rel&rel=nofollow&cId=PDIO1 > > and these: > > http://www.lowes.com/pd_220871-1781-45-311UVL_0__?productId=3128261&Ntt=cable+tie&pl=1¤tURL=%2Fpl__0__s%3FVa%3Dtrue%26Ntt%3Dcable%2Btie > > and have most of them left over for other uses. You'll get strain > relief and kick protection, especially if you use two on each chassis. > Though, if you are actually kicking or tripping over the cable, you'll > simply end up jerking your equipment off the table and damaging it, > instead of just having the eSATA plug pop out. > > I'm really curious to understand why/how your cables are exposed to > "kicking" or other detachment due to accidental contact. > > -- > Stan > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
