ajt@j.cc.purdue.edu (Andrew J Thomas) (03/07/89)
We are getting ready to add disk drives to our VAX 8550 (running VMS). We want to add them to our existing DEC controller (KDB50). We are currently looking to add 1 to 2 GB capacity. We are looking at solutions from Systems Industries, System Technology, and National Peripherals. These systems all use one of two CDC drives, the Wren and Sabre. I would like to get some comments from people with experience with these drives. How is the performance of these drives? How is the reliability? Are there any other drives that we should be looking at? Someone on campus here was supposedly able to shake apart a sabre drive at will (this was a pre-release version over a year and a half ago). Does anyone know if this problem still exists? Please REPLY BY EMAIL. I will post a summary. Thanks. Andy Thomas ajt@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu ajt@j.cc.purdue.edu