3 Aug
2003
3 Aug
'03
11:20 a.m.
This is a bit modern for the list, but I'm hoping someone here has some experience.
I've just been given a pair of BA356 enclosures, and the one has 6 empty DS-RZ1CB-VW
SSB's. The shelf itself is a BA356-KD with BA35X-MD 2X fans, and a BA35X-MH 16-bit
I/O Personality Module.
My question is, while the DS-RZ1CB-VW SSB's are intended for 4.3GB 7200RPM *SCA*
drives, can they handle 9 or 18GB 10,000RPM SCA drives?
If nothing else, I can always fill the shelf with RZ29-VW drives, but would prefer some
18GB drives if possible (I suppose I can always get some 7200RPM ones off of eBay).
Zane
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3 Aug
3 Aug
3:24 p.m.
This is a bit modern for the list, but I'm hoping
someone here has some experience. I've just been given a pair of BA356 enclosures,
and the one has 6 empty DS-RZ1CB-VW SSB's. The shelf itself is a BA356-KD with
BA35X-MD 2X fans, and a BA35X-MH 16-bit I/O Personality Module.
My question is, while the DS-RZ1CB-VW SSB's are intended for 4.3GB 7200RPM *SCA*
drives, can they handle 9 or 18GB 10,000RPM SCA drives?
I've put some 9GB and 36GB 10K SCA drives in mine without having problems. The 36GB
drives
were 1.6", so I removed the piece of foam, but that's all. I think if I had some
of the
earlier, hotter-running 9GB drives I'd be a little concerned.
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Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
3:35 p.m.
I've put some 9GB and 36GB 10K SCA drives in mine
without having problems. The 36GB drives
were 1.6", so I removed the piece of foam, but that's all. I think if I had some
of the
earlier, hotter-running 9GB drives I'd be a little concerned.
I'd think that removing the foam, even when using the shorter drives, would be good,
so as to get better cooling. Is there any real purpose for the foam?
Zane
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4:01 p.m.
I've put
some 9GB and 36GB 10K SCA drives in mine without having problems. The 36GB drives
were 1.6", so I removed the piece of foam, but that's all. I think if I had some
of the
earlier, hotter-running 9GB drives I'd be a little concerned.
I'd think that removing the foam, even when using the shorter drives, would be good,
so as to get better cooling. Is there any real purpose for the foam? 
9:40 p.m.
Is there any real purpose for the foam?
Might be for sound dampening.
At 08:32 PM 8/3/03 -0700, you wrote:
I've put
some 9GB and 36GB 10K SCA drives in mine without having
problems. The 36GB
drives
were 1.6", so I removed the piece of foam,
but that's all. I think if I
had some of the
earlier, hotter-running 9GB drives I'd be a
little concerned.
I'd think that removing the foam, even when using the shorter drives,
would be good, so as to get better cooling. Is there any real purpose for
the foam?
Zane
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| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator |
| healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast |
| | Classic Computer Collector |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
| PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. |
| http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ | 
10:09 p.m.
On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Zane H. Healy wrote:
This is a bit modern for the list, but I'm hoping
someone here has some
experience. I've just been given a pair of BA356 enclosures, and the
one has 6 empty DS-RZ1CB-VW SSB's.
That is good :)
The shelf itself is a BA356-KD with BA35X-MD 2X fans,
and a BA35X-MH
16-bit I/O Personality Module.
OK.
My question is, while the DS-RZ1CB-VW SSB's are
intended for 4.3GB
7200RPM *SCA* drives, can they handle 9 or 18GB 10,000RPM SCA drives?
Yep. The
size is not the problem... 10K or 15K drives *might* get a
little hot. I stuck several 18GB drives into 2.1GB carriers myself,
and had no trouble there.
Note that the creme/green carriers are for FAST10 (-VA (narrow) and -VW
(wide)) and the blue carriers are for FAST20 (Ultra) disks. Obviously,
you can stick FAST20 drives in an F10 carrier, but that wont do you
much good ;-)
Cheers,
Fred
10:11 p.m.
On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Zane H. Healy wrote:
Ohyeah. Beware of the power consumption.. the older BA35x's came
with either the 135W brick (BA350's) or the 150W brick (BA356);
with high-speed drives (9GB+) I think you want or even need the
180W (blue) power bricks.
--f
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