Server space, SGI O2 drive sled, DEC 3000-300x (Pelican+)

[Joe R.]

At 05:50 PM 4/7/05 -0500, you wrote:
>On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 23:12:49 -0400
>Doc Shipley <doc at mdrconsult.com> wrote:
>
>> Scott Stevens wrote:
>> 
>> > I looked.  reputable.com wants $85 for a bare O2 sled.  That's a
>> > little wedge of plastic with a tricky lever on it.  Ouch.  I paid
>> > $20 for each for my O2's (missing the sled.)
>> 
>>    Holy crap.  I paid $25 for one about 2 months ago.
>> 
>>    Never mind....  ;)
>> 
>
>I only have one sled for my two O2's, but got it out of a fifteen dollar
>auction box that also had five SGI keyboards and mice for the O2.
>
>It's really unfortunate that the hard drive sleds become a serious
>barrier in using a lot of older machines.  The original owner just pulls
>the drive, for security reasons, and never bothers to detach it from the
>sled and put the sled back.  Used HD sleds have become the 'key' item
>and often cost significantly more than the whole rest of the machine in
>the used market.

  Are you kidding? I'm FINALLY starting to see some SGI sleds show up in
the local surplus equipment. I've put a few on 
E-bay but they didn't bring much (~$20 for drive & sled).

   Joe