From: Steve Edberg (sbedberg@ucdavis.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 11 2007 - 18:05:34 EDT
Hi -
I have inherited a V880 (no service contract or warranty) with 6x36GB
drives. I have limited funds to expand storage space, so I cannot
purchase drives from Sun, nor can I add a second drive cage. I'd like
to replace some of the existing drives with larger ones, and I
checked the Sun-supplied models here:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/SunFire880/components.html
My questions are:
(1) Has anyone successfully replaced Sun-supplied drives with
matching drives from a third-party vendor? I haven't found a good
answer to whether Sun replaces firmware; I did find a mention in the
release notes -
http://docs.sun.com/source/806-6593-19/dak_RR_relnotes.html
- that they required a certain minimum firmware level, but it's
unclear as to whether this is Sun or manufacturer firmware.
(2) Has anyone used third-party 300GB FCAL drives in a V880? For
example, the Fujitsu MAW3300FC, which is the 300GB version of the
MAW3147FC that Sun supplies.
Thanks, will summarize.
steve
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