I recalled this message from quite a while back. I have some additional questions. On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, Steve Cole wrote: > In a message dated 96-06-13 16:04:15 EDT, [log in to unmask] (Parker, Kathy) > writes: > > >We just got in 2 Seagate Barracuda 2.0 gb drives for our 987. I > >understand that there are people out there that have had problems with > >these drives recently. I'd like to know what problems you all have had > >and if there is a way I can avoid them. > > > >Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated, as we are > >planning to install these drives on our production volume sets. > > > > > > We have installed 8-2Gb drives and 5-4Gb drives at a customer site. > Other than 1 drive being DOA we have not experienced any other > problems with the drives. > > The drives require a patch for the diagnostics and to identify the drives > to SYSGEN. As the required patch is in the Express 3 release HP > recommends that you move to that release, however if you get the patch > it will work with the General Release of 5.0. > > These drives do not support power fail so you should have them on some > type of UPS. > > Steve Cole > Outer Banks Solutions > Are these Seagate drives identified by HP model number C5257UM? What is missing in the way of power fail support on these drives in relation to other HP drives? Would a UPS on our HP 6000 SCSI SE I/O expansion bay provide for that specific need? TIA (Thanks In Advance) for your repsonses. -- dave ([log in to unmask])