Re: SCA hard drive questions Jim wrote:
> Katz wrote:
>
>> Greetings all, I need to put some larger hard disks in my Ultra 2. I
>> currently have two 9.1 gig drives installed and would like to put
>> either two 18 or two 36 gig SCA drives in this machine. For instance,
>> would a Seagate ST318404LC be compatable with the Ultra II? I would
>> think that what ever drives the Ultra 60 and 80 support would also work
>> in this machine.
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance for the help
>>
> The 18GB's will work, I can't say about the 36's though as I don't have
> any.
> The only think you have to worry about then is heat.
> Make sure you hoover the Ultra 2 out thoroughly before putting it back
> together.
> HTH
> Jim
I'm not aware of any limit on these SCSI disks, so I think he will be
okay with 300 GB disks if he can afford to buy them. I know Ultra 5/10s
have a limit of 137 (or there abouts) GB on their IDE disks, but there
should be no limit to the size of a SCSI disk he fits.
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