SCSI hot-swap adapters

[acole1]

I was wondering if someone could tell me about adapters between hot-swap SCSI and 68pin SCSI.

I have 7 Seagate cheetahs (ST39204LC) that our work is getting rid of and I wanted to see if I could get them and play around with them, but they are all hot-swap type with the hot-swap plug and not a pin plug.

I know they made hot-swap to 150pin, but do they make hot-swap to 68pin (or whatever the normal pin-out is for ultra 160).

Also, where could I get some adapters for cheap? Would it be better to get a cheap hot-swap RAID tower (is there such a thing)?

I would mainly be using them in a RAID-0* and probably put games or something on there just to play around since they are so small.

My goal is to make this as low cost as possible.

Thanks!

Edit:
*RAID-0 not RAID-1

 

[mechBgon]

One option would be a Supermicro rack that occupies three 5.25" bays, like this one at Newegg. Compared to buying five 80-to-68 adapters and a cable & terminator, the price may not be too much higher, and it's certainly more elegant.

 

[acole1]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
One option would be a Supermicro rack that occupies three 5.25" bays, like this one at Newegg. Compared to buying five 80-to-68 adapters and a cable & terminator, the price may not be too much higher, and it's certainly more elegant.

Ah, so it is an 80 to 68 adapter...

I will keep that rack idea in mind, thanks.

Right now I am looking on Ebay for some 80 to 68 adapters and they seem pretty cheap.

 

[Woodie]

Technically, it's not hot-swap unless both the drive and the controller support that.

The connectors you're talking about are SCA (80 pin) designed for drive enclosures with a back-plane for the drives to plug in to. The 68-pin is the default Wide SCSI connector.