On Sun, June 6, 2010 18:24, Bond Masuda wrote: > i might be able to get my hands on a PE1900 w/ PERC5/I for a few hundred > US$, but it would be immensely more useful to me if it also had the > hotplug > SATA/SAS drive cage/backplane and dual power supply. i'm just wondering > what > it would take to convert the 1900 to basically what is a 2900. has anyone > done this before? would you happen to have a parts list handy? > > searching parts catalog on Dell's website isn't always that helpful.... >
There are 2950 and 2900 units on eBay, looks like they go for about $400-800 without drives. I mention this because a number of them have the original specs in the ads, with part numbers for power supplies, backplanes, etc. _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
