Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 17:09:24 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Announcement: New DPT RAID Controller Driver Available Message-ID: <199706211509.RAA00356@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <9706201528.AA25614@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> from "garyj@frt.dec.com" at Jun 20, 97 05:28:59 pm
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As garyj@frt.dec.com wrote... > jkh@time.cdrom.com writes: > > Unless, of course, they had something like the AMES wind tunnel > > providing forced airflow past the drives, then I suppose the plastic > > sled construction wouldn't really matter much, would it? :-) > > > > basically, the Storage Works thingies from DEC _do_ have a wind tunnel :) > I have one of these things at home and it has 2 large fans on the back > pushing (or pulling ?) air. Pulls air from front to rear thru the SBB (storage building block) > I've seen some pretty big RAID arrays here at DEC, all made using > plastic enclosures. They work good (although I have to agree with Metalised plastic, to keep within FCC req's > an earlier poster that those flimsy flex connections are pretty cheesy > and *so* easy to ruin). You are not supposed to get your hands on them... Newer SBBs have 'warranty void' stickers on them to keep people from opening them. If you want a really fragile flex check out a TZ8[67] DLT tape drive in an SBB. But kidding aside: you need to be careful with the flexes, but apart from that it works just fine. Wilko (aka wilko@storage.jgo.dec.com ;-) _ ____________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl - Arnhem, The Netherlands |/|/ / / /( (_) Do, or do not. There is no 'try' - Yoda --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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