Tom Madigan ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: On Thu, 28 Mar 1996, David A Freeman wrote:
: > Also how MPE may or
: > may not function properly with the non-HP drives?   I am speaking of
: > new SCSI drives like the seagate barracuda.
 
: As to whether a non-HP drive can be configured to work with a 3000, I
: can't give you a definite answer due to a lack of knowledge here.  The
: MPE/iX OS does include a number of SCSI drivers but I'm not sure if they
: will work with any old SCSI disk or if they are Highly Proprietary
: (abbreviated as HP) implementations of SCSI.
 
I currently have a non-HP SCSI disc drive installed on a system that I use
for De-Frag/X testing.  It's labeled "NCA Barracuda", but if you need more
specific info I'll have to try and track it down somewhere (Stan picked it
up for us, and *might* know the model number etc.).  MPE thinks it's an
HPA1999A, MPE type 4, MPE subtype 2.  It's 4GB, in it's own external box.
 
We haven't had any problems with it, but I don't know if I would ever
suggest ANY non-HP drive for mission-critical data.
 
I also have a non-HP SCSI drive in one of my HP-UX test systems.  HP is
much more open to "foreign" drives on HP-UX boxes.
 
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