[genewitch]

i had to search to find this post again. I was on my android phone talking to someone on a similar android phone (both samsung galaxy notes, but his is 1 generation newer); i mentioned this article, and i was very vocal about how i used to mock people who said "think about the amount of data that would take! from every user!"

anyhow both our NAS died on the same weekend, across the country from eachother; his has bad drives, mine had a bad PSU; unrelated. However, we were discussing switching to dell servers and SAS drives, as they're basically "infinite lifespan" compared to our use cases. I asked, forgetting that DELL have BMC/built in boards for SAS, if he had a SAS card, as i had one, that uses the cables that have 1 plug on the card side, and 3-4 plugs for drives on the other, and that i had ordered it for my "make a PC a NAS" project, but wasn't using it anymore.

I was already on amazon on my computer looking for a kitchen cart. i was idly scrolling around while on the phone, after all the above was said. https://i.imgur.com/vBLntih.png

yeah. So i bought the card and cables on ebay five years ago, the card and cables do nothing for me, only for my friend (potentially, but Dell comes with SAS ready to go, no cables needed), and i last looked at this style of cables 5 or 6 years ago. I haven't searched amazon for "replacement" parts or NAS gear on my side, either.

This is such a hilarious coincidence!!!!