[geeks] HD compatibility for ultra2?

Joshua D Boyd jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu
Wed Apr 24 14:15:24 CDT 2002


On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:00:41PM -0400, Mike Nicewonger wrote:

> while what you say is 'doable' I ask why? SCA drives are cheap and plentiful 
> while comparable 50 pin drives are hard to find and expensive these days. 
> Besides, the U2 has FW SCSI so why slow it down with narrow or Fast narrow 
> anyway?

Well, in my fase, the Ultra1 is only fast wide on the SCA bays.  Further,
I had the fast-narrow drive already, so it was a cost saving measure.

Plus, it leaves an SCA bay open for adding a 3rd drive someday.

For for 18 and 32 gig drives, yeah, whats the point?


-- 
Joshua D. Boyd



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