On 10/7/2012 12:37 PM, Rainer Fügenstein wrote: > this second-hand server was originally equipped with an U320 scsi > backplane which I removed. by this the hotswap capability is lost, > the drives will be directly connected to the AOC-SAT2-MV8 controller, > I can live with that. nonetheless it would be nice to have a SATA > backplane, but by googling I couldn't find one that fits into this > chassis (blue/white AVANTEK). Trying to locate a SATA backplane/cage/carrier for this old chassis may be the proverbial needle in a haystack search. Your best option here would likely be a new 8-bay SATA hot swap chassis and PSU, such as: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219024 http://www.ebay.com/itm/EMACS-2U-460W-EPS12V-24-Pin-Power-Supply-P2G-6460P-/120995054350?pt=US_Server_Power_Supplies&hash=item1c2bde030e If your current chassis is 2U you should be able to swap the PSU over. Slim optical drives are pretty cheap if you need an optical drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151242 Used on Ebay they're about half that price, but I'd avoid used optical drives, for obvious reasons, especially slim models. > tnx. You're welcome. Always glad to help with hardware. Note my email domain. ;) -- 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
