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From: Juergen Nickelsen on 14 Sep 2009 15:35 Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)geeks.org> writes: > But, Sun does not sell the SPUD bracket seperately, much like any other > company that don't either. > You can only get the drive and bracket together. For an Ultra 1 (ok, so that's 11 years ago and the machine wasn't even new then, but things haven't changed since) I asked Sun what the brackets for a drive would cost. They were obviously not interested in selling them separately, and the price would have ridiculously high anyway. A friend pointed me then to simple, cheap plastic PC drive rails, which fit into the case well -- with some friction, but that was welcome because they did of course not snap shut like the original drive bracket. -- It is easy to be blinded to the essential uselessness of computers by the sense of accomplishment you get from getting them to run at all. -- Douglas Adams
From: Dave on 14 Sep 2009 18:11 Juergen Nickelsen wrote: > Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)geeks.org> writes: > >> But, Sun does not sell the SPUD bracket seperately, much like any other >> company that don't either. >> You can only get the drive and bracket together. > > For an Ultra 1 (ok, so that's 11 years ago and the machine wasn't > even new then, but things haven't changed since) I asked Sun what > the brackets for a drive would cost. They were obviously not > interested in selling them separately, and the price would have > ridiculously high anyway. > > A friend pointed me then to simple, cheap plastic PC drive rails, > which fit into the case well -- with some friction, but that was > welcome because they did of course not snap shut like the original > drive bracket. > For the older hardware, getting spud brackets from ebay is pretty easy. Or you can pick up drives with them. I would just use the right brackets in this case. For the newer kits, they are probably a bit rarer, so attract somewhat more money. -- I respectfully request that this message is not archived by companies as unscrupulous as 'Experts Exchange' . In case you are unaware, 'Experts Exchange' take questions posted on the web and try to find idiots stupid enough to pay for the answers, which were posted freely by others. They are leeches.
From: HankVC on 14 Sep 2009 19:25 In article <4aace246(a)212.67.96.135>, Dave <foo(a)coo.com> wrote: >I'll probably be buying an Ultra 27 > >http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/ultra27/ > >in the next week or so, but Sun's disks prices are rather steep. > >1 TB 7200 rpm SATA Disk Drive with Bracket is � 540.00 here in the UK >($902). > >I currently use a couple of external 1 TB mirrored drives, but would not >make heavy use of them, as they are cheap drives. But enterprise grade >disks are available for a lot less from elsewhere. Is it possible to get >the spud backets for these? If not, though thought of buying 4 x 250 GB >drives, throwing away the drives, and putting 4 x 1 TB disks in place >had crossed my mind. > I'm currently running a generic WD SATA disk in an Ultra 20 M2. Dimensionally, the older 540-3024 used for SCSI disks in Ultrasparcs are the same, and work just fine in the U20 M2. The disk installed in the box is mounted on one of those. I think you can buy those older spuds for around $5 US from several sources, and if you've scrapped any older Ultras, you've probably got some on tiny SCSI disks. Hank
From: Dave on 16 Sep 2009 12:18 HankVC wrote: > I'm currently running a generic WD SATA disk in an Ultra 20 M2. > > Dimensionally, the older 540-3024 used for SCSI disks in Ultrasparcs > are the same, and work just fine in the U20 M2. The disk installed in > the box is mounted on one of those. I think you can buy those older > spuds for around $5 US from several sources, and if you've scrapped > any older Ultras, you've probably got some on tiny SCSI disks. > > Hank Are they really just the same? Perhaps the M2 is different from an Ultra 27. It would certainly make my life easier if the old spud brackets used for SCA disks in the Ultra 60, Ultra 80, Blade 2000 and Netra T1 worked. (I happen to have a job lot of busted Suns now, after lightning damaged several of them). I don't see any burn marks on the spud brackets! I just took one of the Suns to the dump today, but removed the disk. Certainly the impression I get from others is that the Ultra 24 does not take the old SCSI type ones. I'd like to know if anyone has an Ultra 27 could tell me if this is so. -- I respectfully request that this message is not archived by companies as unscrupulous as 'Experts Exchange' . In case you are unaware, 'Experts Exchange' take questions posted on the web and try to find idiots stupid enough to pay for the answers, which were posted freely by others. They are leeches.
From: Michael Laajanen on 16 Sep 2009 18:23 Hi, Dave wrote: > HankVC wrote: > >> I'm currently running a generic WD SATA disk in an Ultra 20 M2. >> Dimensionally, the older 540-3024 used for SCSI disks in Ultrasparcs >> are the same, and work just fine in the U20 M2. The disk installed in >> the box is mounted on one of those. I think you can buy those older >> spuds for around $5 US from several sources, and if you've scrapped >> any older Ultras, you've probably got some on tiny SCSI disks. >> >> Hank > > Are they really just the same? Perhaps the M2 is different from an Ultra > 27. It would certainly make my life easier if the old spud brackets used > for SCA disks in the Ultra 60, Ultra 80, Blade 2000 and Netra T1 worked. > (I happen to have a job lot of busted Suns now, after lightning damaged > several of them). I don't see any burn marks on the spud brackets! > > I just took one of the Suns to the dump today, but removed the disk. > > > Certainly the impression I get from others is that the Ultra 24 does not > take the old SCSI type ones. > > I'd like to know if anyone has an Ultra 27 could tell me if this is so. I do not have any u27 but u24 uses the old ones back from U1 days. /michael
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