[Info-vax] Buying disk for a DS10

[MG]

On 24-2-2011 17:26, tadamsmar wrote:
> Our database machine is running out of space.
>
> I want to buy new disks for a DS10, not refurbs.
>
> NEWEGG lists some Ultra320 80 pin drives.  Will those work?

I have two Ultra320 (80-pin) SCA drives in a Sun SPARCstation 5
and two others, with a converter, in an SGI Indigo² Extreme.  I
sincerely doubt that a more recent DS10 wouldn't work.  (Unless
the disks would rely on specific firmware, as was the case with
the old DEC RZ disks in the AlphaServer 1000 that I had, but I
wouldn't know if that's the case for the DS10.)


> The DS10 came drives specified as Ultra3 (U160) SCSI on the label.
>
> I wonder if I can get new drives with the right interface.
>
> These are non-shadowed drives, so I want reliable drives.

The drives will operate at a lesser speed, but otherwise
I don't see why they shouldn't work.  For how much are they
listed there?  Also, how much RPMs do you have in mind?  For
boot disks 15K RPM is ideal, but can be really expensive
(compared to 10K RPM).

  - MG