This will work: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16899705001
I assume you have devised a way to power the USB to serial adapters from the PC power supply. FWIW I think your system is inefficient but maybe you do need 750gb per each installation. Each to his own..... On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Matthew Rubenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have over a half-dozen different SATA hard drives, each with > different data (configs, voiceprompts, voicemail, CDRs, AGIs) for each > one's different user groups and applications. Each one's load on the > Asterisk server is small enough that one server can host them all, > accessed easily over USB. > > But right now, each one is in its own external USB enclosure on a > powered USB hub. I want to combine them all into a single large > enclosure. I tried to use a single PC chassis, leaving the USB hub > inside with the drives screwed into it, and powered from the PC power > supply as internal drives on the proper drive power output plugs. But > without a PC motherboard plugged into the power supply, too, the power > supply won't start up to power the drives. > > I don't want to add a motherboard: that costs money, and sucks power, > and is totally unnecessary. I just want to make this gutted PC chassis > power my drives only, and have them connect to the complete PC sitting > next to it via the single USB cable coming out of the drive chassis. How > do I do that? > > Is it possible to use the extra, unused floppy power plugs to power > more hard drives, with an adapter? Is it possible to split the existing > hard drive power plugs to each power multiple drives? How many drives > can I split each power plug into? The power supply is a cheap 300W unit, > and the drives draw max under 9W each: > http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=311 . So can I power > 25-30 of these drives, or at least 10? > -- > > (C) Matthew Rubenstein > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
