The answer is yes. Thanks to alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com and
aad_at_lovecraft.nwnet.net. Although they both point out that
the heat generated by the hard drive maybe be a problem for the
little workstation.
They wrote:
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>From alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com Wed Jun 23 16:02:22 1999
The operating system shouldn't have any trouble with the
capacity of the device as long as it is well behaved. The
internal SCSI adapter of the AlphaStation 200 is almost
certainly FNSE (Fast, Narrow, Single-ended). You'll be
hard pressed to find a drive that is merely narrow and
fast, most drives today being Wide and Ultra-Fast or
Ultra2 fast. Fast vs. Ultra vs. Ultra2 shouldn't be
a problem, but Wide vs. Narrow might.
Finally, you'll want to make sure the system can keep the
drive cool. Modern drives generate more heat than drives
from the era of the AS200. Mostly because they spin faster,
but electronics and better seek times may also generate more
heat. Letting the drive overheat will be throwing away
money.
>From aad_at_lovecraft.nwnet.net Wed Jun 23 15:24:30 1999
Why not? Just be careful of heat dissipation. IBM's first 36G drives
put out more heat than the latest ones, eg.
My original question:
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Dear Managers,
Does anyone know if you can install a 30+GB hard drive on old
alpha workstation (alphastation 200 vintage) with DU4.0D?
Thanks ahead for any information.
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Oliver Yeh, Systems and Network Analyst
Department of University Systems & Security
Fairleigh Dickinson University
1000 River Road
Teaneck, NJ 07666
Phone: 201-692-2357
Fax : 201-692-2494
Email: oliver_at_fdu.edu
Received on Wed Jun 23 1999 - 21:29:13 NZST