Re: SCA SCSI drives for Ultra 1

[Dave McGuire <mcguire%neurotica.com@localhost>]

On Jan 16, 2009, at 10:48 AM, jim smith wrote:
> >   Generally, with a machine of that age (I have a few myself), the  
> > older the
> > technology is, the more likely it is to work.  (*grin*)
>
> Not necessarily--I have found [the hard way] that Ultra 2's can be
> particular about the SCA drives that will work.  I had a couple of SCA
> pulls from an old HP server that I could *never* get to work in my
> Ultra2.  I know it's not an Ultra1, but they're not all that  
> different,
> are they?

  They're *completely* different, but SCA SCSI is SCA SCSI, for the  
most part.  For what it's worth, HP almost always used HVD drives in  
their server-class machines...I suspect that was what bit you on the  
butt.

            -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL