jis@mtgzx.att.com (j.mukerji) (05/09/89)
In article <314@shuldig.huji.ac.il>, shmuli@HUJICS.BITNET writes:
: Sun's distributor here says that it is not possible to connect a CDC Saber
: disk Model 9720/1230 (1.2 GB capacity, SMD/E interface, 3 MB transfer
: rate) to Sun workstations because the transfer rate is too high. Has
: anyone done it? Thinking of it? Comments?
The said distributor of Sun seems to be mistaken. We have been using a CDC
9720/1236 with a Xylogics 753 Controller in a Sun 3/150 and getting very
satisfactory service for the last six months.
We plan to use these drives on our new Sun 4/330 servers too.
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AT&T Bell Laboratories, MT 3K-423, 200 Laurel Ave., Middletown NJ 07748wsmith@s1.msi.umn.edu (Randy Smith) (05/16/89)
>From: jis@mtgzx.att.com (j.mukerji) >In article <314@shuldig.huji.ac.il>, shmuli@HUJICS.BITNET writes: >: Sun's distributor here says that it is not possible to connect a CDC Saber >: disk Model 9720/1230 (1.2 GB capacity, SMD/E interface, 3 MB transfer >: rate) to Sun workstations because the transfer rate is too high. Has >: anyone done it? Thinking of it? Comments? > >The said distributor of Sun seems to be mistaken. We have been using a CDC >9720/1236 with a Xylogics 753 Controller in a Sun 3/150 and getting very >satisfactory service for the last six months. We also have numerous Sabre drives on campus (with very little problems). However, it should be noted that our engineering group found that the Sabre is too fast for a xy451 controller! If you have a xy451, you have a problem (we use Ciprico 3200's). Randy Smith Minnesota Supercomputer Institute University of Minnesota wsmith@s1.msi.umn.edu, ...!rutgers!umn-cs!wsmith