[geeks] SCSI drives for Ultra 2

[Mike F]

On May 25, 2007, at 11:20 AM, Ido Dubrawsky wrote:

> In the process of upgrading my Ultra 2 and re-installing it with  
> Solaris
> 10 I have a couple of Seagate ST39103LCSUN drives (9.1GB 10,000 RPMs).
> I know they work I was just wondering if they throw off so much heat
> that it will cause problems later down the road.  Anyone have  
> experience
> with these (or other 10K RPM drives) in an Ultra 2?  I have some  
> similar
> WC drives (7200 RPMs) but I want to try and improve the performance of
> this little guy.  It's going to be the internal mail/DNS/web server in
> the home network.
>

I have an Ultra 2 running with a 36GB Seagate Cheetah 36ES (10,000  
RPM.) Runs like a champ 24/7, doesn't seem to generate too much heat.  
The Ultra 2 has good ventilation around the drives, so you shouldn't  
have any problems with that drive either.

- Mike