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I know several people who could use a couple drives in personal machines as 
they're hitting storage limitations. Another viable option may be to buy a 
bunch of external enclosures (
<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Manufactory=&amp;PropertyCodeValue=538%3A7123&amp;PropertyCodeValue=0&amp;PropertyCodeValue=0&amp;PropertyCodeValue=541%3A7130&amp;PropertyCodeValue=542%3A7135&amp;description=&amp;MinPrice=&amp;MaxPrice=&amp;SubCategory=92&amp;Submit=Property";>http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Manufactory=&amp;PropertyCodeValue=538%3A7123&amp;PropertyCodeValue=0&amp;PropertyCodeValue=0&amp;PropertyCodeValue=541%3A7130&amp;PropertyCodeValue=542%3A7135&amp;description=&amp;MinPrice=&amp;MaxPrice=&amp;SubCategory=92&amp;Submit=Property</a>)
and sell them on eBay. With basic enclosures running &lt;$40 incl s&amp;h, you 
could sell them starting at $49.99 and probably sell a bunch of em.

WMM

On 8/2/05, Christopher Bergeron &lt;christopher at bergeron.com&gt; wrote:
&gt; 
&gt; Hey guys -
&gt; 
&gt; I just took ownership of 25 (to 50) brand new 40 GB Hard Disk drives,
&gt; and I have no clue what to do with them. I run an LTSP shop ( ltsp
&gt; rocks! ), so my machines don't need HD's. I optimized the hell out of
&gt; them as much as I can (they're running dnetc/seti clients, etc). I just
&gt; realized that I have dozens of 40GB drives that aren't even being
&gt; powered up, and I'm trying to figure out how to put them to good use.
&gt; I'd like to create a fileserver array, but I'm not sure where to begin.
&gt; I've looked at NFS, but the LTSP clients network boot over NFS, so I
&gt; don't want to over complicate the network by having the clients act as
&gt; NFS servers too.
&gt; 
&gt; Does anyone know of any hardware that I can plug 'lots' of IDE drives
&gt; into? I've looked at SAN / Disk Array solutions but they all seem to
&gt; ship WITH drives. I'd love to find a 12 or 15 disk case and backplane
&gt; that I can populate with my own IDE drives. Does such a beast exist?
&gt; 
&gt; Also, before/if it's suggested, I've already designated several of these
&gt; drives for charity.
&gt; 
&gt; Your guys' thoughts? What would you do with 40 40GB IDE drives?
&gt; 
&gt; Thanks again,
&gt; CB
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