[geeks] Opinions on the HP C3x00?

[nate at portents.com]

> At one point in time (ie: 2002 or so), they had a media-request form on
> their web site.  I filled out the form and had CDs for free within two
> months.

Hmm, I'll poke around on HP's site and see what I can find.

> I believe it does take 1.6" disks, but you'll need the little metal
> carrier to secure the disks in their homes.  Hopefully your system will
> come with empty carriers like $ork's last C3600 did.

I hope it comes with the carriers, and that's good news if it can take
1.6" height drives.  Seems there are a lot of Seagate ST173404LCV 73GB
drives that are EMC pulls being sold for $40 or so... which reminds me,
wasn't there a discussion on here at one point regarding compatability
issues with the firmware used for drives pulled from large arrays?  Or was
it simply a block size issue, solved by reformatting?  Or both?  I can't
remember... anyone with any advice regarding EMC pulled drives?

- Nate