<OT> SCSI drives

[Tony Alfrey]

OK, that helps some.
Thanks.


On Sunday 19 May 2002 11:56 am,Net Llama! wrote:
> I'm by no means an expert, but i've user a bunch of different SCSI
> drives.  With SCSI there are *alot* of name games, and no hard
> standard. Sometimes you'll see "Ultra" in front, sometimes you won't.
>  Roughly speaking, SCSI-1 is 40, SCSI-2 is 80, and SCSI-3 is 160.  As
> for pin outs, you have 68pin, and 80pin.  80pin (also referred to as
> SCA) is a hotswappable drive, almost always found in rackmountable
> servers, where high availability is of concern.  68pin is what you
> have.  Old SCSI stuff had 50pin interfaces as well.
>
> HTH,
> Lonni
>
> Tony Alfrey wrote:
> > Can someone briefly explain the differences in SCSI drive pin
> > formats? Specifically, I have Seagate 68 pin internal SCSI drives. 
> > I believe that they are the so-called "Ultra 2 LVD" format.  But
> > there appear to be other SCSI formats that have the exact same
> > connector, for example, something called "SCSI-3".  Can someone
> > recommend a simple summary of these various formats?
> > Thanks!

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