[TriLUG] Sun RAID array

[Mike Johnson]

Jonathan Hassell [jon at jonathanhassell.com] wrote:
 
> My new U2 - well, it's new to me, anyway - has an UltraSCSI 68 pin 
> interface on the back, so there should be no problems there.  (As an aside, 
> I do have an old SPARCStation 5/170 which can be had for a reasonable 
> price.  Just ask. :))

When you say resonable, do you mean free? :)  New car purchase comeing
soon, can't buy more toys for a while. :(
 
> Furthering this discussion, it appears that what I've the opportunity to 
> purchase is actually one of the disk trays that goes in this huge array. 
> The e-mail message I received was misleading, but I'm wondering if it 
> wouldn't still work.  Does the disk tray not have a SCSI connector that 
> would be connected to the RSM 2000 controller?  Could one not just connect 
> the disk tray to the host system via the host's external SCSI attachment? 
> That would probably lose RAID functionality, but I'd be happy with a simple 
> JBOD configuration.

Oh, that does change things.  It looked like the array had a set of
trays that were linked with what looked like SCSI cables, so what you
have in mind might work.  You might need oddball cables, though.  Take a
look at that link I gave to the Sun handbook and see if you can make it
out.

In the end, I'm not sure that $300 for the JBOD you're looking at is
such a deal.  You would definately loose hardware RAID.

Mike
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