[comp.unix.ultrix] third party disks?

perry@princeton.edu (Kevin R. Perry) (03/18/89)

Reply-to: perry@princeton.edu (Kevin R. Perry)



We have a DEC VAX-8700 (well, now they tell me it's called an 8810 -
whatever), running ULTRIX.  It has the usual RA81's attached via
KDB50's.  And we're out of disk space.  We are of course considering
getting some RA82's, but the powers-that-be insist that we at least try
to find a lower-cost-per-megabyte solution before going ahead.  Hmm.
Can anyone suggest some third-party disks that talk MSCP, or
controller/driver/disk combinations compatible with the BI Bus and
ULTRIX?  For instance, a controller that talks SMD to the disk would be
great, since we've had lots of success with CDC Sabre drives on SUNs,
and would be happy to put some on the VAX if this is possible.  If you
can even lend just a hint on this subject, let me know.  And try not to
take too long, as my disks are getting full FAST (why didn't we start
thinking about this a couple months ago?!)  Thanks in advance for any
replies.

Kevin Perry
Sys Programmer
Princeton Univ.
Computing & Info. Tech.
<perry%phoenix@princeton.edu>