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- From: kevin@shady.UUCP (Kevin Smith)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
- Subject: Re: SCSI disk upgrade for 3450
- Message-ID: <108@shady.UUCP>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 05:25:54 GMT
- References: <C1Eyyw.ApA@casper.cs.uct.ac.za> <1993Jan25.161616.8596@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>
- Organization: ShadeTree Software, Inc.
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- In article <1993Jan25.161616.8596@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM> wescott@yesac.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Mike.Wescott) writes:
- :>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
- :
-
- Nice to hear from you guys in Columbia!
-
- I know for a fact that HP 660MB and 1.2GB drives work fine. I do believe
- that the Seagate drives are the only ones that NCR support will cover and
- putting unsupported drives in the cabinet may void NCR support.
-
- I also am pretty sure there is no special firmware issue with the Seagates.
- I can check this and will post what I discover.
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