Re: [Fwd: [CSMAINT #22663] [Fwd: [mtusysadm-info-l] A1000 systems and 18GB SCA drives]]

["Dan Sauer" <dmsauer@xxxxxxx>]

Recommend that we jump on this as soon as possible.  Even if we later
decide not to use the drives, it would be better then later deciding that
we could use them and not have access to them.  LUG alumnus may be able to
donate toward cabling that may be needed (scsi cabling appears to not be
cheap - having gone through this myself).

Best Regards,
Dan


> I'm a fan of storage, especially when it's SCSI, and its free.
>
> * The A1000 has onboard RAID, definitely a plus. (The D1000 is the JBOD
> model)
>
> * Are the 36gb drives 1" or 1.6" height?
> * Are the batteries for the BBU in good shape?
>
> * The A1000 uses HVD SCSI. We don't have hardware for that, but I've got
> an HVD card (although I can't test it) sitting here if the LUG wants it.
> You'll still need cabling, of course.
>
> * We'll overload the UPS with all 3 of them on there once we get minerva
> back online, but with the current state (lacking minerva), we can power
> all three, but just barely.
>
> * I'm not sure we'd have anywhere to put these except on the floor where
> flyer used to be, but that might be good enough.
>
> So, if they're all 1" disks, I'd say get all 3, swap them so the 36gb
> disks are in the 12-slot chassis, then fill up one of the 8-slot chassis
> with the remaining disks, and then we'll have some spares. If they're
> not 1", then run one 8-slot and one 12-slot chassis and call it good.
>
> Of course, you'll want to get buy-in from the actual LUG sysad; I'm just
> throwing out ideas from 400mi away.
>
> --
> Peter Corbett
> peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>