[rescue] Biggest Drive usable in SS5?

[Stuart E. Johnson]

Full height drives... Hmmm... Kinda be like a blower on a 'cuda, ya know,
cut a hole in the hood and let it hang out. Cool!

I've often attributed my obsession with computers to not driving (legally)
until after I was married, kinda an adolescent motor-head thing. My last
overclock? My Cassiopeia to 200MHz. anyone want to drag for title cards?
VRRRrrrroooom!
--
   -Stuart Johnson
    sej at gofast.net

> Subject: Re: [rescue] Biggest Drive usable in SS5?
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 11:11:38 -0500 (EST)
> Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>
> >  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
>