Date: Sun, 2 Apr 89 19:20:28 EST From: Dwight D. McKay (The Moderator) Reply-To: Suns-at-Home@mckay.UUCP Subject: Suns-at-Home Digest V1 #5 To: Suns-at-Home-List Suns-at-Home Digest Sun, 2 Apr 89 Volume 2 : Issue 5 Today's Topics: Memory and Disks +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Submissions: suns-at-home \ @ea.ecn.purdue.edu | | Requests: suns-at-home-request > -- or -- | | Archives: suns-at-home-archives / ...rutgers!pur-ee!mckay!... | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 89 21:35:58 EST From: pur-ee!caen.engin.umich.edu!dmuntz (Dan Muntz) Subject: Memory and Disks To: suns-at-home@ea.ecn.purdue.edu I have a Sun 2 with an Adaptec 4000 SCSI->ST506 controller board. Right now I have (2) 50meg Micropolis 1304 drives wired to the controller, but I need more disk space and was wondering if anyone has tried any of the following: 1) Replace the Adaptec 4000 with a 5500 (I think) which allows up to 4 drives to be connected. (Is this configuration compatible with the Sun 2?) 2) Add a second Adaptec 4000 board. (I'm not sure if there's space or compatibility for this option) 3) Daisy-chain a SCSI disk in with the Adaptec controller. (I'd just as soon not do this for financial reasons, but I'd like to know if it has been tried.) 4) Throw away one 50meg drive and replace it with something bigger. (anyone want a used drive :-) [I've taken this approach. I now have a similar system to yours with a pair] [of 80 meg. disks. I found some friends who wanted my 50 disks. :-) --ddm] I'd also like to add some memory to this machine. It is currently at 3megs. The people at Helios offered a 2 meg board for around $1300, but I was hoping to find something a bit cheaper. BTW: I'm not currently on the mailing list, so please do what ever needs to be done to get replies to: dmuntz@caen.engin.umich.edu [Dan is on the list now. Please Cc: responses to the list. --ddm] Thanks, Dan Muntz ------------------------------ End of Suns-at-Home Digest ******************************