SCSI Disks

[TST System Administrator]

I have used the 1991 drives with 2940,2940U and 2940UW with no problems.  
I have found new 1991 for just over $450.  My experience with refurbished 
drives is nill so I cannot comment on that.  I was looking at the idea of 
purchasing the refurbished drives for a news server.

I did have one problem with formatting the dirve but that was more due to 
kernel code than anything else.  One 1991 drive failure since 1994.  
Micropolis being in receivership is a problem but if your willing to 
write the drives off if anything happens, then go for it.

Robin

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On Thu, 25 Dec 1997, Brian Ristuccia wrote:

> I know this is sorta off topic, but a vendor has Micropolis 1991 9.0 gb
> SCSI-2 5.25" hard disks for <$400. Page says these are remans (re
> manufactured). Anyone know of any obvious problems with these drives,
> functionality or lack thereof with my aic7xxx and linux? (I have a 2940
> ultra)
> 
> Any comments / suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
> 
> -Brian Ristuccia
>  brianr at osiris.ml.org
>  bristucc at baynetworks.com
>  bristucc at cs.uml.edu
>