18 Jul
2001
18 Jul
'01
9:02 a.m.
I saw an odd-looking Storageworks shelf on eBay. The
opening bid was $19.95, so I figured why not give it
a try and see. The auction closed without any other
bids, so I got the box. After it arrived I took it
apart to see what I could find. It turns out this is
an engineering evaluation shelf for the the next
generation Storageworks product. The design was
cancelled when Compaq bought Digital and they went
with a completely new design (the "universal" shelf).
This shelf is a copper FC storage cabinet with room
for eight FC drives. There's a controller unit and
two 8x4 FC switches. I'm now in the process of getting
an FC controller. This should be interesting.
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Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net