Hello Managers,
Thanks for the responses from:
Iwao Makino
Anthony A. D. Talltree
unidentified administrator from astro.su.se
David Turner
Bryan Lavelle
The responses I've gotten is that Seagate Cheetahs have worked before so
that won't be a problem. I should be looking at making sure the SBB
container is correct, warranty issues, power dissipation, and cache
sizes. A few people gave me resources to find the drives I need,
although it was unnecessary. We ordered a Cheetah from our usual vendor
for a very good price ($635), and we will be testing it out before we
get more.
Thanks,
Kevin
> This is actually a hardware question, but I am looking for an extra hard
> drive for our DS20 running Tru64 4.0f. Our requirements are 36 GB and
> at least 10,000 RPM. Our machine will also require an Ultra2 SCSI LVD
> with 80-pins. Our Compaq reseller quoted us $2,300 a drive in a SBB
> package. But this seems about three times more expensive than if we
> were to buy a raw hard drive and put it in the SBB package ourselves.
> I'm trying to find out what drives will work on our system, and what
> we've always used are IBM DMVS-36M (IBM part number 34L7397).
> Unfortnately, this seems to be an OEM part. Whenever I call Shop IBM,
> the agents border on incompentency. Other hardware shops quote me for
> Seagate Cheetah drives and don't seem to ever have IBM drives. I want
> to know what drives will work on a DS20 with our specifications. We
> won't be configuring it for RAID or anything fancy.
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Kevin Dea
System Administrator
Alpine Electronics Research of America
Received on Mon Aug 28 2000 - 21:53:21 NZST