[Info-vax] Buying disk for a DS10

[abrsvc]

On Feb 24, 5:03 pm, MG <marcog... at SPAMxs4all.nl> wrote:
> 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 Indigo 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

I currently use the Ultra320 drives at both 10K and 15K speeds within
an HP 4314 disk array enclosure.  These work without problem and I
have 26G, 72F and 146G drives in current use.

Dan