[rescue] Re: Re: Cheap netapp

[Brian Hechinger]

On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 11:41:32AM -0700, Robert Novak wrote:
> 
> I believe there is a limit like that, but I don't know. Onboard is
> supposedly for a tape drive. You might consider looking for a wide scsi
> card to get more drives on the same number of buses. Maybe someone who
> knows better about the limits will pop up and help us out.

ok, i need to know about limits and what wide cards are supported.  i have a
couple wide BAxxx shelves, so i could really take advantage of this.  although
would speed really benefit?  i can only suck info off this thing at 100Mbit
(using fastE or FDDI) so the extra cost/work might not be worth it.  it's not
like this thing is going to get pounded, it's for home use and all. ;)

> Got any spares? :) I have one, but am running short on the drive shells.
> Trying to decide how much work to put into this still...

i have quite a few shelves, but i lack shells as well.

> That one I can't tell. Remember that Netapp is very picky about which
> disks it can use, and which firmware. So these ST19171WC disks that ID as
> SX19171WC are rejected. Might be the same with EMC firmware FC disks too.
> I think the ST19171FC will work at least, but on the others I don't know. 

ok, so we need to find which firmware works and start making a repository.
i'd be more than willing to host it.

-brian
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