Thanks to all who responded...
Budgetary figures ranged from around $11,000 for a single HSZ70 and new
two SCSI cards to $25,000 for a completely new cabinet & controllers (or
$15,000 refurb). I used the $25K figure for my purposes.
I received several warnings about making sure the specific disk drive
types I had would work in the new cabinet since one unfortunate soul
learned the hard way there are some limitations.
Thanks again!
Pete
Original Question Follows:
> Subject: How much $$ to Upgrade to HSZ70?
> Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 14:44:30 -0500
> From: Pete Simpson <psimpson_at_eclipseamerica.com>
> Organization: Eclipse America Corporation
> To: Tru64 Unix Managers <tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov>
>
> Good afternoon,
>
> I'm doing some budgeting this weekend and was looking for some input
> from those of you in the field. I have a AlphaServer 1000A 2-node
> cluster connected to a Raid Aray 450. The Array cabinet has a single
> HSZ50 in it and the cluster nodes are connected via Differential SCSI
> using KZPDA-AA cards.
>
> I want to plan for an upgrade for this to accomplish two things:
>
> 1) stop using the differential SCSI, each box has it's own I/O to the
> cabinet
> 2) upgrade from SCSI-I to Ultra SCSI.
>
> So, I figure I'll need two new HSZ70's for the cabinet, and the
> corresponding two SCSI controllers for my AlphaServer's.
>
> Can anyone tell me a budgetary figure (in U.S. dollars) for the
> equipment?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Pete
> psimpson_at_eclipseamerica.com
Received on Mon Jun 07 1999 - 21:16:53 NZST