[vr5150]

I purchased a 8-Bay Firewire Rack Unit w/8 MOBILE RACKS for (8) 3.5" IDE HARD DRIVES unit and filled it with 8 - 200 gig Maxtor hard drives and now I have no reason for it. I paid over $1800 for this unit a few months ago and havent used it over 3 hours. I am selling it for $300 empty shipped or $1000 shipped with all Hard Drives.

I can send pictures and HD information if interested.

[vr5150]

This is a Rack unit.
Im open to trades also

I am interested in Mac Mini, Power Macs, Monitors, Laptops and just about anything mac.

[techound1]

Originally Posted by vr5150

This is a Rack unit.
Im open to trades also

pic(s)? Yeah, I know what a rack unit looks like, but I'm curious to see how this one is set up. Thanks!

[vr5150]

Here are links to the front and back of the unit. It has 2 power supplies for redundency.

http://dev.refi.net/front.gif

http://dev.refi.net/back.gif

[reader50]

What is the internal drive interface? ie - PATA, SATA, something else?

It almost looks from the back like each drive has it's own interface card. Can the rack RAID the drives together, or are they all single drives barring software RAID?

[vr5150]

Drive info:

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus200 gig 7200 Ultra ATA/133 8 megs of cahce Model L01P200

Here is info on drives on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Maxtor-L01P200.../dp/B00007KVHZ

Per Drive
List Price: $349.95
Sale Price: $109.99

The Rack unit - It is not hardware raid. I used Ox Server to setup a raid of the drives. It has 4 different banks

Here is info on rack unit:

Supports: Windows 98SE/Me/ 2000/XP
And Mac OS 9.0 or later

300W Power Supply with Three high capacity QUIET fans!

This 8-bay Firewire enclosure has 8 removable hard drive racks installed. It provides a fast and easy way for PC or Mac users to add up to 8 additional IDE hard drives to their system. The sleek looking case features a built-in power supply with THREE high capacity QUIET cooling fans to keep the drives running cool.

FireWire connectivity makes this drive great for graphic design, desktop video and audio and comes in a size to fit any type of storage requirement. EIGHT FireWire ports allow you to connect to additional FireWire/1394 or iLINK devices.

Features:

Ideal as a part of your total RAID or JBOD solution
Four Oxford 911 chipset Firewire boards
ATA-6/ 48 bit LBA Compliant for EIGHT Large HDD support (8 x 400GB)
Pre-installed with (8) hard drive mobile racks
Can hold (8) 3.5-inch IDE hard drives
AC Input: 115/230v Manual Switch
100% 1394a/FireWire compliant and supports Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP and Mac OS 9.0 or later.
Internal power supply (No external power adapter needed)
Shielded metal enclosure matches other computer equipment
4 internal IDE ribbon cables with (2) connectors on each cable enabling the use of 8 IDE devices.
Rugged and solid design, UL, CSA and TUV approved
External Connectors: eight 6-pin Firewire IEEE1394 connectors.
Dimensions: 180(W)x455(D)x440(H)mm