Re: Can I use a DS-BA356 for this?

From: Carl Lowenstein (cdl_at_deeptow.ucsd.edu)
Date: 05/27/03

  • Next message: Chris Scheers: "Re: Can I use a DS-BA356 for this?" 
    Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 18:25:24 +0000 (UTC)

    In article <3ed3a760$1@usenet01.boi.hp.com>,
    Bob Blunt <robert.blunt@hp.nospam.com> wrote:
    >Boaz wrote:
    >> I want to use a BA-356 to hold Utlra2 drives (Seagate Cheeatah 18GB
    >> ST318203LC) connected to the server with an Adaptec AAA-131U2 Raid
    >> controller card.
    >>
    >> Is this possible to do with the BA-356 and the caddies it uses?
    >>
    >> Thanks in advance,
    >>
    >> Boaz
    >
    >Boaz, the "company line" is that you violate any warranty by popping
    >open the "SBB" or "caddy." To continue in general, EACH drive has a
    >special "flex lead" that connects the drive to the backplane and carries
    >specific signals. In this case, without knowing what type lead each
    >drive uses, it may not work correctly in the device shelf.
    >
    >Frankly, you'd probably be better off finding and using a standard PC
    >disk tower. Convert to SCSI if necessary. Trying to adapt a particular
    >disk shell or SBB to install a generic disk and use the BA356 sounds
    >pretty risky to me.

    Let's try a non-company line.

    ST318203LC drives have 80-pin SCA connectors. If the original drives
    in the SBB caddies were also 80-pin SCA, the new ones will just drop
    in and work. If not, there isn't anything you can do to make the
    new drives work in the old boxes.

        carl 

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    carl lowenstein         marine physical lab     u.c. san diego
                                                 clowenst@ucsd.edu
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