[SunRescue] Max. Size Hard Disk Installable in SparcStorage Array

[Mike Nicewonger]

The SSA 101 (also known as 1010) has a 40 MHz processor. The 102
(gray box) has a 110 MHz processor.

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bjrn Ramqvist" <brt at osk.sema.se>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Max. Size Hard Disk Installable in SparcStorage
Array


> Don't forget that they differ in speed of the onboard MicroSPARC CPU
> also...
> I can't remember all the numbers, but they should be somewhere in the
> mailinglist archives.
>
> /Bjorn
>
> Ed Pate wrote:
> >
> > Bjorn is correct.  You will not see all 9GB.  The disks that I have in
mine are 9.0GB,
> > format shows a disk size of 8.43GB.  I am running the latest firmware
rev (3.12).  Another
> > (possibly trivial) detail that I found while confirming that is that the
10x and 20x have
> > 4MB of NVRAM, while the 11x and the 21x have 16MB.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > > Message: 14
> > > Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:00:53 +0100
> > > From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Ramqvist <brt at osk.sema.se>
> > > Organization: Sema AB
> > > To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> > > Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Max. Size Hard Disk Installable in
SparcStorage Array
> > >  Model 100?
> > > Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> > >
> > > Jonathan Katz wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Earlier today you wrote:
> > > > > Now that I've got my SparcServer 1000 running, I'd like
> > > > > to try the Storage Array that came with it (It looks like
> > > > > a model 100, but the model number on the back indicates
> > > > > model 1010) . I did a doc search on the sun web site,
> > > >
> > > > I guess I'm now the Network Storage Representative. Folks
> > > > who are more in the know than I please contradict me if I
> > > > get things wrong...
> > > >
> > > > As a model '1010' they shipped with 1GB disks. As a '1020'
> > > > they shipped with 2G disks, and so on... except I think the
> > > > largest drives these shipped with were 4GB. You should be
> > > > able to cram *any* size SCA SCSI-SE drive in there IIRC,
> > > > just make sure the mounting brackets line-up. These are just
> > > > really SCSI JBODs and use a fibre-based SCSI connection to
> > > > go form the host (your SS1000) to the SSA.
> > >
> > > This topic has been up atleast two times before, but I need to say it
> > > again;
> > > The SPARCstorage Array 100/110 supports up to 8GB because of
> > > firmware/hardware limitations. There are no update (yet) for using
> > > bigger drives than that today. You CAN cram in 9 gigers, but you'll
only
> > > be able to use 8GB of these.
> > > Notice, this has been tested in production enviroments and this is
what
> > > I've been told by a Sun Service Engineer I know.
> > >
> > > /Bjorn
> > >
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