Thanks for the responses...
Without getting too involved in the discussion, in "general" most
off-the-shelf scsi drives should work, and the faster ones are backwards
compatible and should throttle down to the bus speed.
There "may" be an issue with booting/spinup delays/powersave/hibernation...
but basically, don't worry, try it, and be sure you can return if there
happens to be a problem.
--Dan
>We're looking to add a scsi drive to a Digital AlphaStation 600 5/266 with
>a QLOGIC ISP1020 "FAST WIDE SCSI-2" controller with both 50pin-HD and
>68pin-HD connectors.
>
> From what I've found, the newer Ultra Wide and Ultra 160 drives are
> backwards compatible with Fast Wide... true?
>
>but got the following warning from Seagate:
> > > DEC Alpha systems are highly proprietary and require drives with a non
> > > standard protocol. Seagate does not manufacture these drives. Seagate
> > > drives can be modified to run in a DEC ssystem by authorized third party
> > > suppliers.
>
>Are off the shelf scsi drives compatible or should we be looking for
>something specific?
>
>How about a Seagate Barracuda 36ES - 36.9 Gb Ultra 160 Wide SCSI 7200 RPM,
>68 pin, $415
>
>or a Seagate Barracuda 36ES - 18.4Gb Ultra Wide SCSI 7200 RPM, 68 pin, $231
>
>Thanks!
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Dan Kirkpatrick dkirk_at_physics.syr.edu
Computer Systems Manager
Department of Physics
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
http://www.physics.syr.edu/help/ Fax:(315) 443-9103
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Received on Wed Jun 20 2001 - 15:12:20 NZST