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  3. August 2007

RE: 6618 drives for model 270

So basically you're saying that 15K drives don't work in the main box of the
model 270. Well, THAT just plain stinks. I've got an xSeries which is
smaller than my 270, and it's got three 15K drives in it. But can I put 15K
drives in my iSeries? Noooooooooooooooooooooooo.

I hate hardware.

Joe

From: Larry Bolhuis

they are 15K drives.

Well you didn't SAY that!

15K RPM drives make too much heat and draw too much power for the 270 in
any location except a FC 5095/0595 drawer. Believe me on this one as I
tried 15K RPM IBM drives in FrankieIII and had big troubles. (Also got
warnings from 'people who know' in Rochester that this was beyond
'unsupported' and into 'dangerous' territory)

OK It's possible that BCC found some lower power draw units but that
would make me worry in another way - Reliability of the drive. Also
even though I can only go 10K in FrankieiIII I have never had a disk
performance issue. (Maybe that's the 2780 RAID card or the 56 drive he's
got, not sure.)



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