Re: i5 External Disk Questions

Wayne,
FastT is not an option on the 400.  If you want IBM external disk you have
to go with the "shark"[1] type.  Very expensive.
I am not sure what the other two are, but I doubt they will connect.

If it is purely archieval then maybe you look into optical storage[2]

You can now attach 140gb drives maybe that will work too.

Good Luck



[1] http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/storage/disk3.html
[2] http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/optical/
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Bryan Dietz
Aktion Associates


midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 12/30/2005 02:42:25 PM:

> Does anyone use external Disk?  I'm finding that I need to add a
> tremendous amount of disk for an archive function.  Internal disk
> works great, but it's way more expensive than I can justify.
>
> My vendor says they have used FASTT / EXP400 and JETSTORE, But I
> don't know anything about any of these.  One of my coworkers has
> spected out an Xserver RAID solution from Apple Store.
>
> What do I need to look at.  What are the 'gotchas'.  I know I saw
> somewhere where there is a external disk 'problem' between i5s and
> fiber attached disks of certain kinds.  I just don't remember where
> I saw this information.
>
> Any input to increase my limited knowledge would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Wayne Johnston