7 Apr
2006
7 Apr
'06
9:13 a.m.
Hi,
I have a D1000 array and wonder if there is any
way to convert it to a LVD interface? (I have
lots of LVD *PC* controllers but only one HVD
and that's SBUS).
Thanks!
--don
7 Apr
7 Apr
10:09 a.m.
Don Y wrote:
Hi,
I have a D1000 array and wonder if there is any
way to convert it to a LVD interface? (I have
lots of LVD *PC* controllers but only one HVD
and that's SBUS).
Thanks!
--don
I would convert to single ended, and I hope your LVD
are switch hitters on that count. Those converters are
not hard to find. I have not found many that switch to
LVD from HVD that are reasonably priced, though I am
sure they are out there.
I recently saw an HVD controller for sale on epay, and
usually there are 2944's available if you are targeting
PC's. Is the other controller card you are refering to
on the other thread LVD, and what you are going to,
or do you have the luxury of supplying the initator end
of the deal?
Jim
10:24 a.m.
jim stephens wrote:
Don Y wrote:
Actually, I was wondering if there were any jumpers in
the controller that would "help me" :> I see a couple
but I don't imagine they do what I want. I wouldn't
mind cannibalizing the controller card as long as it wasn't
too severe a hack-job to do so :-(
I imagine the A1000 controller card is also HVD (?) so
that wouldn't be a realistic option, either. :-(
If the option is to add a black box in the middle for $$$,
I'll just pull the drives, discard the D1000 and move
them to other machines, etc.
Hi,
I have a D1000 array and wonder if there is any
way to convert it to a LVD interface? (I have
lots of LVD *PC* controllers but only one HVD
and that's SBUS).
I would convert to single ended, and I hope your LVD
are switch hitters on that count. Those converters are
not hard to find. I have not found many that switch to
LVD from HVD that are reasonably priced, though I am
sure they are out there. I recently saw an HVD controller for sale on epay,
and
usually there are 2944's available if you are targeting
PC's. Is the other controller card you are refering to
on the other thread LVD, and what you are going to,
or do you have the luxury of supplying the initator end
of the deal?
Not sure what thread you mean (the RAID controller?)...
I have lots of AHA1542's (SE, ISA), 2940UW's (Wide, PCI),
and I think a 29160 or two. I have a couple of Wide
SBUS controllers (HBE??), *one* HVD SBUS controller
(that currently talks to the D1000), several oddball
PCI RAID controllers (most of which have a *very* fine
pitch connector on the outside -- I've never found a
cable that mates to these), several wide controllers
built into different hosts (e.g., the AViiON 3700), etc.
I just want to get the drives online but *off* of the SS20
that is currently hosting them (I'd like to retire that
machine -- at least temporarily). My immediate goal
would be something like a 2944 to run the D1000 off of
the *old* AViiON 3000 -- but, it would be nicer to
have the D1000 converted to LVD so I could have a greater
choice of where it resides!
Thanks!
--don
10:58 a.m.
I have a D1000 array and wonder if there is any
way to convert it to a LVD interface? (I have
lots of LVD *PC* controllers but only one HVD
and that's SBUS).
I would think that it would be cheaper to simply get an HVD controller.
They at least used to be fairly common, and most people don't have a need
for them anymore.
Zane
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