[geeks] Fujitsu MAN SCSI drives

[Phil Stracchino]

Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> Does anyone here have any comments on Fujitsu MAN series drives?
> 
> I can get a couple of them for about $20 plus shipping, 18GB, model
> MAA3182C.
> 
> I was thinking of putting them in a Sun Ultra 1.
> 
> I have lately been having trouble finding 7200 rpm 9-18GB drives for
> internal Sun workstation use, at least ones that are new.  I suppose
> there is no way around that as supplies dry up.
> 
> I'm afraid to use faster drives because of the heat (and they are wasted
> on old hardware anyway), and the only "deals" I can find are for drives
> too large to fit.

I have a possible line on ~20 IBM 18GB Ultrastar drives that a vendor
has no interest in because they're "only" 7200rpm.



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