>I've seen cheap FC drives floating around, but I suspect >there must be a >hidden cost somewhere.. Don't most of those drives use >SCA backplanes? >That can't be cheap. >I don't really know enough about Fibre Channel, but that >would >definitely be fun. Blackbox has item, "SCA80Female-MD68Female" part #EVNSCT33 (SCA to 68 pin) adapter. I bought a few a while back and as I recall they were about $35 ea. I got a good price on some drives so it was worth the cost. I'm using them on some IBM drives. (Actually Seagate Cheetas). Seem to work ok. There's also an outfit I know of in Shoreview that has about 40 9 gig IBM SCA drives they got 'stuck' with. I bought 4 for $50 ea. They are not a retail outfit though. I got them through a friend who is an employee but if you're interested I think I could hook you up. I'm currently in search of a cheap enclosure solution as I have 6 of these drives all together. -MJ