Re: hard disk for sun ultra 2

[Dan Oglesby <danno%serverunderground.com@localhost>]

Ultra 2 systems (at least the two I have) will not accommodate any adapters for 
the drives.  The drives go on rails, and into a slot from the side of the 
chassis.

You COULD use an external SCSI drive enclosure and either 50 or 68-pin SCSI 
drives if those were cheaper or more readily available.

Otherwise, eBay is as good as any for used SCA SCSI drives.

--Dan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Havelka" <ted%cs.pdx.edu@localhost>
To: "Isaac Wagner-muns" <fubar22%gmail.com@localhost>
Cc: port-sparc%NetBSD.org@localhost
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 4:56:01 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: hard disk for sun ultra 2


Hello Isaac,

You might also e-mail the Portland Oregon non-profit organization named 
FreeGeek -- www.freegeek.org -- they have a thrift store which sells hard 
drives, among other computer parts.  Not sure how far they'd have to ship 
them to reach you, but their prices are generally reasonable to low 
-- really reasonable ;)

Failing that option or e-Bay, I may have a couple 80-pin style disks on 
hand which I'd be happy to pass along to you, bad-blocked and wiped.  I 
would just ask you to pay shipping charges.

But it's unlikely I have a matching pair, or anything much bigger than 4 
GB or 8 GB with that older connector style.  Will your Ultra-2 case 
accomodate an adapter to go from 50-pin SCSI to 68-pin high density D-SUB 
style connector?  That would open a lot of possibilities for hard drives 
of larger and matching models and sizes.

Feel free to write me off-list if smaller drives, or larger ones with 
adapting connectors would help you with your Ultra-2 server.


- Ted
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On Sun, 28 Jun 2009, Isaac Wagner-muns wrote:

> i recently acquired a sun ultra 2, hopefully gonna turn it into my general 
> purpose print and file server, but it has no hard disks. does anyone on this 
> list know of any place where i can get cheap-ish hard disks? i keep looking 
> around and only find ridiculously expensive ones...
>
>
> isaac