[Suns-at-Home] E450 and external scsi

[David Barnes]

Yes I would love to find one, with backplane, cables, and scsi pci  
controller.. seem to be rare as hens teeth though...

Probably almost as rare as the 480mhz cpu option for the E450...


David Barnes

davebarnes AT roadrunner DOT com
OpenVMS  , Tru64 , Solaris , Linux , OS X , SGI Irix



On Sep 11, 2007, at 12:18 PM, Mike Pepe wrote:

> David Barnes wrote:
>> I thought about that.. but the doc I have on the E450 specifically  
>> states its for TAPE DRIVES... they make no mention of disk...  
>> although I guess I could try it..
>> David Barnes
>> davebarnes AT roadrunner DOT com
>> OpenVMS  , Tru64 , Solaris , Linux , OS X , SGI Irix
>
> There's nothing special about that connector, you can use it for  
> disks and any other supported device.
>
> The best answer for an E450 though, (if  you can find one) would be  
> the internal backplane kit. You can have up to 16 or 20 drives in  
> the box (I forget which)
>
> -Mike