On Sun, Dec 05, 1999 at 01:25:14PM -0500, NetBSD Bob wrote:

> I have the possibility of getting a storage expansion cabinet or two
> that seem to have RZ57 drives in them.  Would they work on NBSDvax?

assuming SCSI is supported on your vax, they should.

> What size are they?

about a gig each...  but the best part is that they make the cool big
drive "chunka" noises which I find much more satisfying than 3.5"
"chatter" sounds.  :)

If you have them on a counter or desk near you, you can feel vibrations
from the heads moving around.  A friend of mine had a pair in a BA42(?)
(storage expansion) enclosure sitting on a cardboard box in his closet,
and complained that it almost knocked itself off the box during
updatedb.  :)

Of course this is nothing compared to big iron- style disk packs, but at
least RZ57s don't need to be air conditioned.  (Although
air-conditioning would probably be good for them...  They need plenty of
airflow and certainly could warm a small room by a few degrees.)

So does anybody out there run raidframe on NetBSD/vax?

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  Aaron J. Grier  | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier@poofy.goof.com