From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jun 15 15: 8:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx.calweb.com (mx.calweb.com [209.210.251.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B1EC14D84 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 1999 15:08:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rdugaue@calweb.com) Received: from staff.calweb.com (rdugaue@staff.calweb.com [209.210.251.15]) by mx.calweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA13120; Tue, 15 Jun 1999 15:08:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 15:08:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Robert Du Gaue To: "Matthew N. Dodd" Cc: Joe Mays , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netapps In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org For the price you pay for these boxes, it would probably be best that you just get all Netapps parts/hardware. We have an F720 and yes, it was an obscene amount, but I would never go elsewhere for drives/etc. We have the hotspare kit as well. I'm sure if you mention it to Netapps that you're putting your own drives in you'll find the warranty goes out the door... > On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Joe Mays wrote: > > Does anyone know of an oem source for scsi drives for use in Netapps > > Filers? Network Appliance charges obscene amounts for what are really > > just seagate barracudas with proprietary connecters in a removable > > cartridge. I have heard that some other suppliers are manufacturing > > drives for use in the netapps and selling them cheaper, but I can't > > find them. > > You mean SCA drives? > > Should be able to find those anywhere. Are you sure you'll be able to get > the Netapp to cope with non-netapp firmware? (I believe they're still > doing this.) > > -- > | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | > | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | > | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Du Gaue - rdugaue@calweb.com http://www.calweb.com President, CalWeb Internet Services Inc. (916) 641-9320 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message