Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 11:45:20 -0500 (EST) From: Agent Drek <drek@MonsterByMistake.Com> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dual 400 -> dual 600 worth it? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9912161126450.7256-100000@jazz.monsterbymistake.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912160432150.47916-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
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On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Jamie Bowden wrote: |Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 04:35:16 -0800 (PST) |From: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> |To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG |Subject: Re: dual 400 -> dual 600 worth it? | | |Brett Glass wrote: | |> trying to put a generic SCSI drive into an SGI system several years |> ago. It was a struggle, because they used special mounting brackets |> and a special connector, trying to make it look as if you HAD to |> buy the drive from them at 4X the going price. But it was a plain |> old SCSI drive, and you could tell which brand by looking at the |> mechanical design. | |Sorry Brett, but this is just wrong. SGI uses mounting sleds that only |work in their machines, but so does everyone else. The connectors are all |standard 50pin, 68pin, or SCA. | |Jamie Bowden | |-- The only time I've been *had* by a company for SCSI drives is when we bought an AVID. The super special AVID drives are just SCSI drives rigged so that the software on the mac knows that they came from AVID...unfortunately it is part of one's contract when buying those super special AVID drives that you not in any way try and make your own disks work ... they are quite expensive. No-one I've talked to from AVID has been able to justify these drives to me yet... On the other hand, my experiences with SGI boxes have been very good. The option drives for the ORIGIN series are from IBM. I also have an old personal IRIS with standard seagates mounted interally. bye. =derek To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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