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From: louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos)
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Subject: Re: BSD + CDC + Emulex
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Date: Mon, 18-May-87 12:31:13 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 18 12:31:13 1987
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In article <7424@brl-adm.ARPA> rackow@anl-mcs.arpa (Gene Rackow) writes:
>Short summary first.  Use any drive with a CDC label as a boat anchor only.
>I have had no problems with the Emulex controller.

This is my experience too.

> 					  Each time they claim we are the
>only site with this kind of trouble, but we are about the only place using
>them that they service from this office.

Gee, maybe they should talk to the service folks that "service" the
University of Maryland.

>2) When the service person arrives and checks the serial number of the HDA,
>it is a "common" claim of "Oh! That is within serial number range ??-??,
>where we recognize a problem of crashing heads.  This has been fixed
>recently and you shouldn't have any more problems." 

We've head this too.  "Oh, you don't have the NEW HDA, that's your 
problem."

We bought a 9771 for our system (VAX 11/750, EMULEX controller).  It died
in about 9 months.  The Computer Science Department bought a pair, and they
didn't have any problems.  That is, until a month or so later.  The first
one died.  New HDA.  Big $$.  Before the service contract could be put in
place the second on did too.  More $$.

Now, we've got a pile of Eagles around here, and they work real fine.  When
we need disks, we buy Eagles.  They work.  CDC has to do something to
convince us that their drives, especially the 9771, are reliable.  They
have a real bad reputation around here.

This of course represents my views only, and not those of the University
of Maryland.  


Louis A. Mamakos  WA3YMH    Internet: louie@TRANTOR.UMD.EDU
University of Maryland, Computer Science Center - Systems Programming