We have a 'Digital' AlphaServer (4000 or 4100) loaded with RZ29B drives in 3 BA350-LA modular storage shelves. One of the drives is starting to fail, with soft errors reported on the console with increasing frequency (7 times so far this month). We also have a couple RZ28B drives currently unused from an earlier machine, so I am trying to determine if they are fully compatible with the BA350 unit. Physically they are almost identical, but I have been unable to find the specs for the BA350 on Compaq's web site. If it would work, the swap should be simple, since the failing drive is one part of a 3-unit RAID5 logical drive.
Does anyone know the answer? Thank you for any confirmation or denial you can provide.
Sincerely,
-Edward Spodick, Systems Librarian
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Edward F Spodick, Systems Librarian - lbspodic_at_ust.hk
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library
tel: 852-2358-6743 fax: 852-2358-1043
Received on Thu Jul 19 2001 - 02:51:38 NZST