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From: ron@woan (Ronald S. Woan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: 3rd-party peripherals (disk) for RS/6000's
Keywords: SCSI, 3rd-party, disk
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Date: 21 Dec 90 23:41:47 GMT
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In article <41742@ut-emx.uucp>, gary@ut-emx.uucp (gary smith) writes:
Gary> Two days ago, I posted a query regarding installation/use of
Gary> 3rd-party SCSI disks for POWERserver 540's.  In particular, I'm
Gary> interested in knowing which 3rd-party SCSI disks people are
Gary> using on their RS/6000's and how successful their experiences
Gary> have been.  Seagate makes two fa- milies of disks which look
Gary> very interesting, and are substantially less expensive than
Gary> IBM's prices: Elite (highest-performance) and WREN.  Of course
Gary> there are many other manufacturers of SCSI disks, but these look
Gary> interesting from a price/performance perspective.  Could I hear
Gary> from those of you who have tried this?  Thanks.

A while back several people reported in this newsgroup that the 1.2GB
disks from Seagate work well, as well as some smaller Maxtors. I don't
remember who posted it, but I remember someone mentioning that their
distributor was even able to supply the SCSI cables... I am pretty
sure that IBM will sell you the fan/mounting bracket seperately too.
Of course. I think that you will find that the dual 320MB (640MB
lightning option) combination that IBM offers will give you the best
performance, though maybe not the best price... :-)

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