I'm not sure what you suggest is going to work, for at least all these
reasons :
1) While "SCSI is SCSI" (re: several posts 2-3 years ago), there's SE and
differential SCSI. Then there's HVD and LVD. Then, there's Ultra-2, -3 and
-4 (a.k.a. 320). Double-check what you really are going to buy.
2) I've not heard before today of a 750 gig SCSI drive. Couldn't it be a
SATA drive ?
3) Also check the connectors. Single-ended SCSI has 50 pins, differential
SCSI has 68 pins, in both HD (i.e. large) and VHD (small, of course)
formats. If your disk does not have a 68-pin connector, it's most likely not
differential SCSI.
4) AFAIK, MPE/iX has been enhanced to support "large" (i.e. up to, perhaps,
400 gigs) disks. I'm not absolutely sure it would see all the space of a
750-gig disk. Jim H., Jeff V., are you there ?
5) In theory (see the old "SCSI is SCSI" thread), firmware should not be a
problem. I've often used non-HP disks on HP3000s, and vice versa.
These are a few caveats, just from memory (could be from disk, too, pun
intended). Hope that helps anyway.
Christian
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] De la part
> de Brian Donaldson
> Envoyé : vendredi 16 mars 2007 22:13
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> Objet : [HP3000-L] HP3000-917LX Disc Drive Question
>
> I hope someone can help me in making the correct decision about increasing
> the
> amount of disc space on my box --
>
> :dstat all
>
> LDEV-TYPE STATUS VOLUME VOLUME SET - GEN
> ---------- ------- ----------------------------------
> 1-ST15150N MASTER MEMBER1 MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET-0
> 2-ST19171N MEMBER MEMBER2 MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET-0
> 3-ST19171N MEMBER MEMBER3 MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET-0
> 4-ST19171N MEMBER MEMBER4 MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET-0
> 5-ST19171N MEMBER MEMBER5 MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET-0
>
> These drives give me a total of 40GB of disc space.
>
> I've seen Seagate disc drives (750GB) at CompUSA.
>
> Can someone tell me if these drives will work on my 917LX?
>
> Are they too large to fit into my HP6000 disc tower box?
>
> And will MPEiX even recognize all the available space on these drives?
>
> TIA,
> Brian Donaldson.
>
>
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