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Post #192,736
by broomberg
2/2/05 8:42:34 PM
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New Networking over FibreChannel
My office it going through a toss out the
old cycle. Today's haul is interesting.

A dozen Qlogic PCI copper fibre channel (FC) boards:
QLA2350

A pair of Gadzoox 8 port Copper FC switches:
Cappelix 2000C

Note: Gadzoox went out of business a couple of years ago,
with Broadcom picking over the bones.

A bunch of cabling.

I'm thinking about running TCP/IP over FC. I always
wanted to see how that compared against real Gbit.

I COULD take a few TB of SCSI disks in FC enclosures,
but the cost to power them would sink me. They
are all hot swap, a mix of 36 and 72 GB, mostly
10,000 RPM.

Would anyone want me to grab a couple of boxes of the
drives and bring them to BeeP Bash? Give them away as
party favors?
Post #192,739
by drewk
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2/2/05 8:53:25 PM
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New Imagine a Beowulf cluster
Hell, set it all up at the BeepBash and put the music library on it. Make sure das blinkenlights are aimed at the pool. Set it close enough you can guarantee it's going to get wet. Thrill to the sight of a metric assload of obsolete gear going up in smoke.




Oh, and plug it into your least-favorite neighbor's outlet.
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Post #192,754
by imric
2/2/05 10:00:30 PM
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New Heck they'd be TERRIFIC party favors Set up a box
to let guests take home downloaded pictures, etc, etc Take a bit of the party home with you, and all that...
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Post #192,760
by broomberg
2/2/05 10:11:06 PM
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New Not too shabby
But remember, these are hot-swap SCSI disks.

They have the connector that has power, id, and signals all rolled into one.
So it only makes sense for people who already have this type of enclosure, or have to buy a converter.

The converters are called SCA80->IDC 50 or to SCSI-3. I see them for between $10 and $30.

Anybody have access to a batch of these?
     Networking over FibreChannel - (broomberg) - (3) - Feb. 2, 2005, 08:42:34 PM EST
         Imagine a Beowulf cluster - (drewk) - Feb. 2, 2005, 08:53:25 PM EST
         Heck they'd be TERRIFIC party favors Set up a box - (imric) - (1) - Feb. 2, 2005, 10:00:30 PM EST
             Not too shabby - (broomberg) - Feb. 2, 2005, 10:11:06 PM EST

30,000 pounds.... of bananas!
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