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- From: wescott@yesac.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Mike.Wescott)
- Subject: Re: SCSI disk upgrade for 3450
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.161616.8596@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>
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- Organization: "NCR Corp, Columbia, SC"
- References: <C1Eyyw.ApA@casper.cs.uct.ac.za>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 21:16:16 GMT
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- In article <C1Eyyw.ApA@casper.cs.uct.ac.za>, ken@casper.cs.uct.ac.za (Ken MacGregor) writes:
-
- |> We wish to upgrade the disk storage on our NCR 3450. According to the
- |> local distributor the ONLY disk >1Gb which is approved is the Seagate
- |> model ST41601N and this requires a proprietary NCR firmware upgrade so
- |> cannot be sold direct to us.
-
- The SCSI subsystem is written, as best we know how, to accommodate
- generic SCSI peripherals. Sometimes, however, we find bugs or other
- problems in these peripherals that the vendor will fix by making an NCR
- only change to their firmware. I know of no contractual requirement
- (***disclaimer*** but it's not my job to know), that prevents a vendor
- from releasing that firmware to other customers. I can think of
- several support issues whereby a vendor would not want you to have a
- firmware set that was "non-standard".
-
- |> All the other computers in the dept - Sun's, SG's Vaxen etc. permit
- |> upgrade by user purchased SCSI disks for which we enjoy the eductaional
- |> discount. There is no educational discount from NCR is SA.
-
- |> Does anyone have any knowledge of other disks which can be used to
- |> upgrade the 3450.
-
- There is a good chance that a given drive will function correctly in
- the 3450. There is also a good chance that you'll have a hard time
- getting support if something goes wrong. And some of these devices do
- have bugs that make them unusable on the 3450, whereas other "specials"
- merely change some of the defaults (i.e. spare sector allocation
- strategy).
-
- --
- -Mike Wescott
- mike.wescott@ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM
-