My original question is contained below. The responses I got can be
categorized as follows:
o Use only Sun disks
o The power supply may need to be beefed up.
o Yes, non-Sun disks will work.
Bruce Chuchel, chuchel@mojave.wr.usgs.gov was particularly helpful and told me
he's been using Seagate ST34572WC drives and where to get the mounting
brackets.
> You can get the mounting brackets for the SSA from the following
> company:
> Silicon Gear
> 130 Archer Street
> San Jose, CA, 95112
> 408-451-6990
> 408-451-6995 (FAX)
> Part number is MN-SUN-100, and when I bought a couple of months ago,
> the price for greater than 10 pieces was $40/bracket.
So it looks like I'll be checking the power-supply for any capacity problems
then if that looks good, I'll be getting some Seagate's and mounting brackets.
Thanks to all who responded!
Jeff.
My Original Post:
> Howdy,
>
> Earlier I asked:
>
> putsch@uicc.com said:
> > We have an SSA Model 101 and need to add disks to it. I know I can
> add
> > 2.1GB drives, but these are getting harder to find.
>
> > The basic question is: can I install 4.2GB drives in this box?
>
> > Assuming I can get mounting brackets, I was thinking something along
> > the lines of Seagate's Barracuda drives...
>
> On reading the replies, I realized my query was dyslexic ... we have
> the Model
> 110.
>
> The basic query still stands:
>
> Can I place 7200 RPM, 4.2GB drives in this model?
>
> Do they need need to be Sun drives?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jeff.
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