Re: DEC Storageworks

2018-02-05 Thread Adrian Graham via cctalk
> On 4 Feb 2018, at 21:42, Douglas Taylor via cctech > wrote: > > The alphaserver 1000a I have has a storageworks array. > > The disk carriers are green in color, I see storageworks disks for sale on > ebay that are blue. What is the difference? Are they

Re: DEC Storageworks

2018-02-04 Thread Doc Shipley via cctalk
Sorry, hit send half-done. The cans are easy to open, and a bit of care will prevent damage to the electronics. The internal connectors are all Mylar ribbon cables and the IDC and Molex connectors are VERY tight. This means that you'll need to use a putty knife or screwdriver to pry

Re: DEC Storageworks

2018-02-04 Thread Doc Shipley via cctalk
The Storageworks cabinets I worked with were all either LVD or SE SCSI, no HVD. All of the RZ26 and some of RZ28 and RZ29 disks that I've seen were 50-pin, the rest 80-pin. I don't recall any 68-pin Storageworks drives. Then again, my knowledge of that whole ecosystem is VERY anectdotal

Re: DEC Storageworks

2018-02-04 Thread Benjamin Huntsman via cctalk
, 2018 8:17 PM To: Benjamin Huntsman; General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Subject: Re: DEC Storageworks Ben; Jbod. Didn't know what it meant until today. The computer has 4 SCSI controllers, the Storageworks is operated in a split configuration. 4 drives are on a RAID controller, the o

Re: DEC Storageworks

2018-02-04 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctalk
Ben; Jbod.  Didn't know what it meant until today.  The computer has 4 SCSI controllers, the Storageworks is operated in a split configuration.  4 drives are on a RAID controller, the other 3 are on a normal SCSI controller. What I was getting at with replacing the disks in the carrier was

Re: DEC Storageworks

2018-02-04 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
The alphaserver 1000a I have has a storageworks array. The disk carriers are green in color, I see storageworks disks for sale on ebay that are blue.  What is the difference? Are they interchangeable? As far as I know, the green ones are 8 bit SCSI and the blue ones are 16 bit SCSI. If I

Re: DEC Storageworks

2018-02-04 Thread Richard Loken via cctalk
On Sun, 4 Feb 2018, Douglas Taylor via cctech wrote: The alphaserver 1000a I have has a storageworks array. The disk carriers are green in color, I see storageworks disks for sale on ebay that are blue.  What is the difference? Are they interchangeable? Is it possible (or even wise) to open

Re: DEC Storageworks

2018-02-04 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 02/04/2018 02:42 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctech wrote: The alphaserver 1000a I have has a storageworks array. The disk carriers are green in color, I see storageworks disks for sale on ebay that are blue. What is the difference? Are they interchangeable? Is it possible (or even wise) to

Re: DEC Storageworks

2018-02-04 Thread Benjamin Huntsman via cctalk
I want to say the difference is in HVD vs LVD SCSI ... unless you’ve swapped out the guts yourself, I’d not mix and match... Then again it’s been forever since I monkeyed with those things and I could be mistaken... As for opening them, I’ve cracked them open before. It’s possible, but they