[Info-vax] Disk drives for an AlphaServer 800
Tom Adams
tadamsmar at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 24 10:47:16 EDT 2009
On Aug 6, 3:56 pm, Tom Adams <tadams... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Aug 6, 1:53 pm, Steven Schweda <sms.antin... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >tadamsmarwrote:
> > > This AS 800 has a seagate st32171wc 2.1 GB ultra SCSI drives (2
> > > shadowed).
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> > > I wonder if I can get new bigger replacement drives?
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> > 2GB? Bigger would be easier to find than not bigger. I'd
> > be a bit amazed if you couldn't find a "new" 36GB drive on
> > Ebay (where I buy all my disks these days) for well under $50.
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> > > I can get seagate st32171wc, but I think they are all used.
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> > I'm amazed that you can find any (working) 2GB disks these
> > days.
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> > > This AS 800 has a hot swap cage, so all the pins have to be positioned
> > > to match.
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> > > But, I guess any 80 pin ultra scsi will work?
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> > That SCA connector is pretty well standardized. I can't
> > speak for an AlphaServer 800, but none of my hardware has
> > rejected any Seagate drive I've stuck into it.
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> I got an itchy ebay finger and bought this set of 3 hard disks:
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290336157111&ssPag...
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> The 800 has room for all 3 and I will put them all in the same shadow
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> Hopefully, they will fit in the cages OK.- Hide quoted text -
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I got the drives, but they were 68 pin, not 80 pin.
There are adapters available on Ebay.
Has anyone used a 68-80 pin scsi adapter?
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