Re: [cobalt-users] 7200 rpm hard drives

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:

> Surprisingly, there is not much that I can find on this in the archives,
> I get 'RPM failure on RaQ2' when searching '7200 RPM', nothing about
> 7200 in the post.
>
> I have a couple of 40GB 7200 RPM drives in a test 3i machine right now,
> also with a 500MHz processor. Covers on and I'll let it sit for the
> weekend to see if we get any heat problems. However, until it hits
> production, there's no big way to be sure no problems will come. I've
> seen a post here before that someone was using 7200 RPM drives, but no
> status or history remarks. I remember posts from a year or more ago
> saying they would heat you up. Of course, seen many with 30GB+ drives,
> but not sure if those are 5400 or can you get that for those. Thanks to
> Bruce about revisions needed regarding another issue posted here as 'New
> install resorting to previous install', the drives wouldn't even
> recognize more than 5.5GB until the revision updates were done.
>
> Anyway...has anyone tried what I'm testing here in a production
> environment?
>
	It's not only the heat, it is the power.
	The RaQ3/4s only have a 60 watt power supply.
	We ran 2 - 60GB 7200 RPM drives for a couple months and the power
	supply went south.

Gerald
--
http://frontstreetnetworks.com | http://store.raqware.com
     ICQ 229276628     |    Phone: +1 203 785-0699
Front Street Networks LLC,  229 Front Street, Ste. #C,
New Haven, CT. 06513-3203 United States of America