On Sat, 21 Feb 1998, christopher williams wrote:
It *was* a pain to keep the drive shells in stock -- they're brittle and break easily; we ruined 2 or 3 over the course of a year.
The plastic construction isn't the sturdiest thing, but if you keep them in a cabinet somewhere, what is there to break? I suppose you could also look for DEC StorageWorks resellers and buy assembled drive canisters from them too, if you don't want to put them together yourself.