On Mar 24, 3:08 pm, nestamicky <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hurray...I'm going SCSI's on my Sawtooth...well, as soon as I get the
> help I need. I'm trying to figure out how to safely install more than a
> single HD in the Sawtooth. Ideas...someone here must have done it. This
> is a physical issue, of course I know how to hook them up...but where
> would I physically place 3 SCSIs and maybe an ATA as well. Is this possible?
> Thanks a lot!
you should be aware that the sawtooth will not sleep with either
adaptec u2w or u160 cards.
(at least mine wouldn't and neither will my DA)
also scsi drives need proper cooling. the double height carriers only
work in the first bay and the scsi drives should not be stacked in
one of those. certain brands are more noisy (IBM) and others are more
heaty (Seagate).
I love scsi drives. Sort of like macs they are percieved as more
expensive. they are more pricy however much much more reliable. I
have a half dozen macs in service and an ide drive fails annually, I
have not had a scsi fail in 6 year, and the scsi drive in my powerbook
540c is 15 years old (and I still use it two evenings a week).
If putting a drive above the dvd a round cable keeps ventilation more
open. I have seen this in a dual 1.25Ghz MDD. I have put old ide drive
below the dvd but I would not do that with a modern scsi drive (50 pin
maybe ok, I have a zip like that in my B+W case (w/ overclocked g4 450
and fan.
be careful also putting too many drives not to overload the
powersupply ...
yeah some newish 15k drives can put through 120MB/s... my 2 10ks
range from 25-50MB depending on the age. The stock ide drives in these
machines get about 20, a recent ide drive can get up to about 50 - 60
(max out about 10-20% under the rating of 66 depending on the brand).
I just put them on the regular holders, right now in DA there is ide
in the middle one.
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