[SunRescue] SCA drives...

Mike Nicewonger twmaster at earthlink.net
Wed May 3 17:20:03 CDT 2000


I have tried to put half height drives in the SS5/20 boxen, it never works,
the top edge of the drive hits the upper drive connector on the backplane. I
have tried Quantum, Seagate and IBM drives all the same problem.

Mike N
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Subject: Re: [SunRescue] SCA drives...


>
> GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu said:
> > You mean a single half-height SCA drive didn't even fit?  The SCA
> > connector is at the same height, and putting in in the carrier should
> > have the connector aligned correctly.  Using 2 drives definately
> > wouldn't work, there isn't enough space.
>
> The bail on the carrier wouldn't go down over the drive, so it was hack up
an
> expensive carrier, or swap drives.  I need the 9 in the other unit more
anyway.
>
>
>
> AL
>
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