[rescue] Sun Sparcstation 20 hard disks

[Oliver Cromwell]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 1:20 PM, J. Alexander Jacocks <jjacocks at mac.com>wrote:
>
> Any SCA disk should be usable, no matter the size.  I'm not sure,
> offhand, what the maximum disk size that SunOS 4.1.x can address, but
> Solaris 2.5.1 can address 1tb disks, so I wouldn't worry too much
> about disks not being recognized.  At worst case, you may have to
> define fake disk geometry for SunOS 4.1.x, but that's not too hard.
>
> As far as new and quiet goes, modern 10k disks are likely to be the
> quietest.  You can, of course, get SCA-connected SSDs, but they aren't
> even close to reasonable, in price, for systems of this age.
> Theoretically 7200rpm (slowest-spinning SCA-2 disks that I am aware
> of) disks could be quieter, but all the 7200rpm SCSI disks that I have
> use older-style (read NOISY) bearings.  All modern disks use fluid
> bearings.
>
>
Thanks for the feedback everyone!  Much appreciated.  I've been searching
for a 36GB SCA drive online and it's pretty hard to find a good candidate
for a new drive.  It looks like the industry is filled with misleading terms
like 'new pull' 'new bulk' and others that are all just used drives that
have been tested (or not).  While I would like to find 4-8 brand new drives
for my SS20's and SS10's, it looks like the cost is $100 - $200 for an
entirely new drive.  If anyone has any suggestions or _trustworthy_ sources
for a good drive, I'd appreciate if you could mail me privately..  thanks
everyone.  I'm almost wondering if I should just plug the old drives back in
and use them.. they are just so loud and hot.

Oliver