Re: SparcStation 5 as Server

["Steve Wingate" <steve@velosystems.net>]

Even if heat isn't an issue, speed will be. That onboard SCSI is
probably only 10MB/s. I would get an sbus scsi card and put a newer, UW
scsi disk in an external 611 case. That's what I've done with my
Sparc20. I have dual SM61 cpu's in it so I wanted to decrease internal
heat, speed up access and most importantly kill endless grinding racket
the internal disks make.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Drew Einhorn" <drew.einhorn@starband.net>
To: <misc@openbsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 11:01 AM
Subject: Fw: SparcStation 5 as Server


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Drew Einhorn" <drew.einhorn@starband.net>
> To: "Cyrill Rüttimann" <ruettimac@mac.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 12:00 PM
> Subject: Re: SparcStation 5 as Server
>
>
> > > > If you have the 7200RPM disk inside the machine, you
> > > > could get heat problems. (I could be wrong about this, though;
can
> > > > anyone corroborate?)
> >
> > I don't know, but I've been told.
> > That old 7200 rpm drives generated a lot more heat than modern
drives.
> >
> > I'd look at the power comsumption of a new drive, compared to the
> > specs for the drives originally shipped with the ss5.  All those
watts
> > turn into heat that's gotta go some where.