Re: Can an SS5 use SCA2 harddrives? non-Sun harddrives?

From: David A.Lethe (david_at_santools.com)
Date: 09/05/03 

Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 04:48:12 GMT

On 4 Sep 2003 18:12:23 -0700, ghazan@ghazan.haider.name (Ghazan
Haider) wrote:

>I can buy a whole bunch of harddisks at low cost for my 5 SS5s, all of
>which come from Sun systems. I know the Ultra5 can take any size of
>IDE or SCSI drives (with an adapter), with an updated prom, but what
>about the SS5? Can you throw in another drive from some other sun
>system into it given the connector is the same?
>
>Secondly, has anyone successfully used drives with the SCA2 connector
>in SS5s? I'm not sure whats the difference with the connectors aside
>from speed or if they're compatible at all.
The SCA2 is basically a connector. SCSI disks can have SC2
connectors. Fibre channel disks can have SC2 connectors.

Where I'm getting at is in order to judge compatibility, look at the
make and model of the disk and the controller you have. If the drive
is compatible, but the connector is wrong, then there are many vendors
who will sell you an external converter that plugs into the disk which
will convert it to anything you need for $15 or so ( assuming the disk
isn't a fibre channel device).

David

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