From: Simon Mcnair <simonmcnair@gmail.com>
To: Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com>
Cc: "Larry Schwerzler" <larry@schwerzler.com>,
"Keld Jørn Simonsen" <keld@keldix.com>,
linux-raid <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Raid selection questions (10 vs 6, n2 vs f2) on an 8 drive array
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 09:57:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTikC+obKBShxpLLckd8-d6UvYazNc1poA2ULCAw=@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D5F4823.4070909@hardwarefreak.com>
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@hardwarefreak.com>:
> 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.
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-20 9:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-18 20:55 Raid selection questions (10 vs 6, n2 vs f2) on an 8 drive array Larry Schwerzler
2011-02-18 23:44 ` Stan Hoeppner
2011-02-19 0:54 ` Keld Jørn Simonsen
2011-02-19 1:53 ` Larry Schwerzler
2011-02-19 4:33 ` Stan Hoeppner
2011-02-20 9:57 ` Simon Mcnair [this message]
2011-02-19 1:50 ` Larry Schwerzler
2011-02-19 1:12 ` Joe Landman
2011-02-19 1:33 ` Larry Schwerzler
2011-02-19 3:59 ` NeilBrown
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