Answers below. By the way, what version of MPE/iX do you have installed? 6.5
or earlier? You need a later version for bigger than 4gb on LDEV 1 but you
can't use a later version past 6.5 on a 9x7 system. In 7.5, I believe the
latest supported size is 300gb. 


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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Brian Donaldson
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 4:13 PM
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Subject: [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.
*** 1 - 4gb and 4 - 9gb SE drives
 
I've seen Seagate disc drives (750GB) at CompUSA. 
*** Those are SATA or IDE not SCSI
 
Can someone tell me if these drives will work on my 917LX?
*** NO
 
Are they too large to fit into my HP6000 disc tower box?
*** Probably not
 
And will MPEiX even recognize all the available space on these  drives?
*** NO, see above

*** Look in IODFAULT.PUB.SYS for SE drives that are the size you want
(9,18,32gb) and get the Seagate part numbers. Then go to DirtCheapDrives to
get prices and then make a purchase decision.  
TIA,
Brian Donaldson.



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