[Sunhelp] which disks for a sparc 5

Gregory Leblanc GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu
Wed Apr 19 10:55:03 CDT 2000


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gwyn Price [mailto:gwyn.price at solect.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 7:21 AM
> To: Sunhelp at Sunhelp. Org
> Subject: [Sunhelp] which disks for a sparc 5
> 
> Hi
> 
> I am thinking about buying a second hand sparc 5.
> 
> I would like to know what sort of disks it uses and how much 
> (ia theres any
> timit I can add to it).
> 
> I know the connector is SCA, but is the interface SCSI ? 
> Ultra SCSI ? or
> doesnt it matter ?

All SCA drives are Wide SCSI, although the speed can vary.  Any SCA drive
that you can find should work, assuming that it's not too hot.  I don't
think adapters will cut it, there isn't enough room, and the drive chassis
probably won't work.  
	Greg





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