[rescue] Biggest Drive usable in SS5?

[BSD Bob the old greybeard BSD freak]

>  I have an old SS5, that I got surplus from work, for the price
>  of 3 loaves of banana bread.  Only has a 1 Gig drive, which is 
>  pretty sorry for a web/email server. Will ANY 80-pin SCA drive
>  work in this box, or are there size limitations?

Good rescue.

Sounds like the box beside me.  A pair of 1 gig drives is more than
sufficient if you use NetBSD.  If you want Solaris, you really need
at least a pair of 2 gig drives.

AFIK, any HALF height sca drive will work.  Full height drives might
only work in the top connector on the SS5, but you won't be able
to put the lid on.  That is also a problem on SS4 crates.  One or more
of the folks on the list have run them lidless, before.....(:+}}...
There may be some heating problems associated with high-rpm drives,
if you stick two in, I have heard.

Actually, running NetBSD, you could make a fine web/email server
out of it on 1 gig, if you think a little about the fs layout and
don't get too gaudy with addins.  Build Mozilla the Gorilla first,
since that requires about 300mb of build space, and then clear the
build stuff off and do any remaining addins.

Bob