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...line retailers. A possible work around is to shop for the 1.8" version of the drive - which is more widely available with better pricing. You''ll need a cable with a micro-SATA connector for this drive. You can find a micro-SATA cable to standard SATA cable assembly here: http://www.satacables.com/micro-sata-cables.html Bear in mind that the 1.8" (x18m) drive is 5mm high - whereas the 2.5" (x25m) drive is 7mm tall - and it comes with a plastic frame to increase the height to 9.5mm for compatibility with some laptop mountings. Here''s a reference for physical form fact...

...check further). Because of the area the server and storage will be in, the enclosure doesn't strictly need to be rack mountable. http://www.pc-pitstop.com/sata_enclosures/ Here are some links to esata to sata, sata multilane/sas to four internal sata ports, etc. port converters: http://www.satacables.com/html/sata-pci-brackets.html http://www.cooldrives.com/intoexes4pop.html http://www.lycom.com.tw/ST130.htm