SCSI limits on Ultra 10
I'm aware of the IDE controller issue in an Ultra 10, which limits the (practical) size to 120GB disks.
Are there such limitations on SCSI disk sizes if I were to add an internal SCSI PCI card for external storage? I'm thinking NO, but I just wanted to make sure. I'd like to get an external SCSI enclosure and hang some large disks off the Ultra 10 to store media files. Any recommended cards and enclosure solutions?
Thanks.
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SIGcurious] at [2007-11-26 10:13:23]
# 1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/U10/components.html#SCSI
X6540A 375-0005 Dual Single-Ended Ultra/Wide SCSI (PCI)
single drive (611), 6 or 12 drives (711)
X6541A 375-0006 Dual Differential Ultra/Wide SCSI (UDWIS/P)(HVD)
8 or 12 drives (D1000)
you can venture to Fiber Channel.. that is a wholely different ball game...
haroldkarl
# 2
Please review the Full Components List for the Ultra 10.
The LVD/SE add-in boards (e.g. PCI Dual Ultra-3 SCSI Host Adapter, 375-3057) require a 64Bit PCI slot (which isn't available in the Ultra 5/10) for proper operation.
The Dual Single-Ended Ultra/Wide SCSI (PCI) (375-0005) or Single-Ended Ultra/Wide SCSI (PCI) (375-0097) work in these systems, but are only 40-MB/sec, 68-pin, UltraSCSI (SCSI-3).
The adapters from IntraServer or Antares work too, but are about the same price as Sun's. There have been (or still are) models from IntraServer that are capable of 80-MB/sec (those based on the 53C895/53C896 chip). Probably there are more suitable cards on the I-O TechnologiesI-O Controllers & Adapters page http://www.sun.com/io_technologies/IOControlers.html
Michael
