[OpenIndiana-discuss] Sun Fire

[Peter Tribble]

On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Gary Gendel <gary at genashor.com> wrote:

> I have a possibility of picking up a decommissioned X4340 (thumper)


Hm. An X4340 is some sort of power transfer unit.

Thumper = X4500

Thor = X4540


> w/o disks


That's the killer. These boxes are very fussy about the drives that work;
the
real value of them now is for the disks they contain, you're going to have
trouble getting drives (and it's going to cost).


> to replace my aging V20z ( and multiple external drive stacks cheap.  It
> looks like it should be supported by looking at the HCL.
>
> Is there any gotchas I should be aware of before I commit to purchase?  Is
> there something more modern I should be looking at instead?
>

Probably look at something more modern, and something sized to suit.
It really needs to be full of 48 drives, only a couple of models are
supported,
and they're all getting a bit old.

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