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Chris, My recollection is that the two drives have similar speeds and feeds but that the 6717 is an SPD drive and the 6817 is PCI. Why your 170 would report a 6717 is a mystery, you should be looking for the PCI. The above recollection is confirmed in the V4R4 System Handbook. Regards, Andy Nolen-Parkhouse > On Behalf Of Chris Bipes > Subject: 170 DASD > > Does any one know the difference between a 6717 and 6817 disk drive? > They > are both 8.58G 10K drives. We have a 6713, 8.58G 7200rpm in our 170- > 2291 > with 5.1. I am looking at replacing the 6607's with 10K drives. The > IBM > links does not show the 67xx drives for the 170 but show the 68xx > drives. > The 67xx drive must work cause we have one working. Is the interface > different? Ultra2 vs. Ultra3 or something to that effect. Will I need > to > upgrade the DASD controller from the MFIOP to a 2741 to support the > 68xx > drives? What I am interested in is changing the 4G to 8.5G 10k drives. > The > price is the same for both the 6717 and 6817 drives so I want to know > the > difference. Is it just the mounting kit? Cause it don't matter to me > since > I will be replacing existing drives and can swap the mountings. > > Christopher K.
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