[Info-vax] Low power SCSI disk drives

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 11/2/2010 11:30 PM, Alan Frisbie wrote:
> On 11/02/2010 07:56 PM, Steven Schweda wrote:
>> Alan Frisbie wrote:
>>
>>> [...] and the 80-pin connector [...]
>>
>> Which Savvio models have an 80-pin connector? My quick
>> glance at Seagate.com found some SAS and FC interfaces.
>
> There appear to be only two: ST936701LC and ST973401LC
>
> These were in the original Savvio 10K.1 series. The later
> series (10K.2 and higher) did not have the LC option. New
> 36GB drives are available on ebay for about $12.51 from one
> seller, and 73GB drives for about $28 from the same seller.
> I ordered ten of the 36GB drives. Even with the 80/68 pin
> adapters and mounting hardware, it will still set me back
> only about $25 each.
>
> I sure wish VMS Engineering would support some kind of
> SAS or SATA drives for Alpha systems.
>
> Alan

I'm not going to hold my breath!

The markup on SCSI disks is much higher than for "commodity" drives used 
in most PCs.