[SunRescue] Half height drives.

[Bran Tregare]

Half heighe is ~ 1.66 inches tall, third height or LP (Low Profile) drives 
are ~ 1 inch tall.  current IDE's are third height devices.

  What size of 50 pin drives are you looking for?

At 06:16 PM 2/21/01 -0500, you wrote:

>Okay, this may sound stupid, but here goes:
>
>When I think of half height drives, I think of your common, generic
>current IDE disk size.
>
>I ordered 3 half height 3.5" 50-pin SCSI disks from www.compgeeks.com.
>This is what my SS2s want.  So, I get them in, get in the drive
>brackets, and find that the disks just don't fit.  I measured a "half
>height" IDE disk, and found it to be exactly 1" tall.  The SCSI disks
>are 1 2/3" tall.  I also have some 68-pin Seagate Barracuda disks here,
>that are also 1" tall.  This doesn't seem to fit in the bracket or into
>the box.  Am I losing my mind?  Do I not know how to fit the damned disk
>into the box?  Are my measurements being completely warped by some form
>of meniscus in my eye? Is my concept of half height drives fundamentally
>borked?
>
>Will our brave hero get his stupid SS2s running tonight?
>
>--
>
>
>Tim Harrison
>Network Administrator
>harrison at timharrison.com
>http://www.networklevel.com/
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