[Info-vax] The Future of Server Hardware?

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2012-10-05 19:09, JF Mezei wrote:
> Johnny Billquist wrote:
>
>> Just checked a local internet computer store, which mostly sell to
>> private and small business. Seagate Cheetah. 15K rpm, U320 SCSI, 80 pin
>> disk.
>> Average seek time is 3.5ms. 300GB disk. Costs about $500. (Noone said
>> they were cheap.) 16MB internal cache on the disk.
>
>
> Is there still a large market for standalone SCSI disks ? Wouldn't the
> vast majority of SCSI drive be found installed in proprietary caddies
> that go into disk arrays with the disk array manufacturer purchasing
> those disks and ensuring the SCSI interface is the one that is
> compatible with the disk array ?
>
> When SCSI started to adopt different interfaces, it stopped being a
> standard.

I have no clue about the size of the market. I can only say that I 
wouldn't have a problem finding a 15Krpm disk today if I wanted to buy one.

And I could hook it up to my PDP-11, assuming I can find a 50-pin to 
68-pin or 80-pin. Those used to be easy to find as well, but I haven't 
checked lately.

	Johnny