XBR2D96D@DDATHD21.BITNET (Knobi der Rechnerschrat) (08/09/89)
Hi,
can somebody give me the following information:
a) what are the specs for the memory modules inside the 4D/70GT?
b) what ESDI drives
- are actually known to the fx program
- can actually be formatted by fx
- are known to be reliable (I know only SGI drives are told to be
reliable, but we can't afford their prices)
We are currently running 3.1D and will update to 3.2 as soon as it made
its way to Germany.
Please answer directly to me, I will summarize the information I get.
Regards
Martin Knoblauch
TH-Darmstadt
Physical Chemistry 1
Petersenstrasse 20
D-6100 Darmstadt, FRG
BITNET: <XBR2D96D@DDATHD21>markb@denali.sgi.com (Mark Bradley) (08/10/89)
In article <8908090248.aa22031@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>, XBR2D96D@DDATHD21.BITNET (Knobi der Rechnerschrat) writes: > Hi, > > can somebody give me the following information: > > a) what are the specs for the memory modules inside the 4D/70GT? > b) what ESDI drives > - are actually known to the fx program > - can actually be formatted by fx > - are known to be reliable (I know only SGI drives are told to be > reliable, but we can't afford their prices) > > We are currently running 3.1D and will update to 3.2 as soon as it made > its way to Germany. > > Please answer directly to me, I will summarize the information I get. > > > Regards > Martin Knoblauch > > TH-Darmstadt > Physical Chemistry 1 > Petersenstrasse 20 > D-6100 Darmstadt, FRG > > BITNET: <XBR2D96D@DDATHD21> I decided to post this rather than answer directly, as this is a question often asked regarding disk support by SGI. 1)Only disks sold by SGI are supported by SGI. 2)At the requests of several vars and more sophisticated end users, fx has entries for several drives not sold by SGI. The rationale has been as follows: a)Some users are not overly concerned with performance. b)Some users are not horribly concerned with reliability on any but their root or system disk. c)Certain fx entries are extensible to other similar geometry disk drives by way of changes to parameter tables. d)Although a given drive may not be 'good enough' for SGI to OEM, others feel differently. There has been much discussion as to whether or not having entries for drives other than those actually sold by SGI is a good thing, in so far as it may unintentionally set someone's expectations as to what drives can be used that will perform to SGI's standards. Based on customer demand, the result is that we have what may be construed as extraneous entries for drives we don't really support in fx (or otherwise). CAUTION: If your disk dies, so does your system. Be very careful. The money you save on drive price may be lost in decreased prod- uctivity or down time or lost data or time to integrate or all of the above. markb -- Mark Bradley "Faster, faster, until the thrill of IO Subsystems speed overcomes the fear of death." Silicon Graphics Computer Systems Mountain View, CA ---Hunter S. Thompson