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тАО10-05-2004 03:13 AM
тАО10-05-2004 03:13 AM
i have an old A180C which i want to set up as a testing system. Therefore i need to upgrade the momory to at least 1GB RAM. I found a shop which sells 1GB for an reasonable price.
Question is:
In the Docs to this server ( http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/hw/class_a/Aclassdoc00.pdf ) there are only modulse with max. 512MB (2 * 256MB SIMM) stated. This shop offers only one 1GB Module ( 2 * 512MB SIMM).
I couldn't find any documents if this is supported or if i can install a firmware upgrade to support this Module.
Can anyone give me a hint or a source for more information?
Thanks in advance.
Regards Stefan
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тАО10-05-2004 03:45 AM
тАО10-05-2004 03:45 AM
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тАО10-05-2004 03:50 AM
тАО10-05-2004 03:50 AM
Re: A180c Memory Upgrade
It's not looking good. PartSurfer is only showing 128, 256 & 512 MB DIMM-pair products:
http://www.partsurfer.hp.com/cgi-bin/spi/main?sel_flg=partlist&model=A180UX&HP_model=&modname=9000+Server+-+A180&template=main&plist_sval=Memory+%28DIMM%29&plist_styp=subcat&dealer_id=&callingsite=&strsrch=&keysel=Memory+%28DIMM%29&catsel=%3F
for both the A180 (A5182A) & the A180C (A5183A). But according to the A180 User's Manual:
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/Z4045-90002/Z4045-90002.html
there are 8 DIMM slots so 4 pairs of the 512 MB memory products (A3717A) will give you a max of 2GB memory. OR 4 pairs of the 256 MB (A3564A) will give you 1 GB.
But one thing to remember about the A180 is that it used the PA7300 CPU & therefore is 32-bit only. It was one of the last 32-bit only systems.
HTH,
Jeff
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тАО10-05-2004 03:56 AM
тАО10-05-2004 03:56 AM
Re: A180c Memory Upgrade
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тАО10-05-2004 05:45 PM
тАО10-05-2004 05:45 PM
Re: A180c Memory Upgrade
Hello Jeff,
thanks a lot for your help and the provided Partnumbers and links. This cleared s lot of questions.
Also this helped me to end some inhouse discussion. (Something like "buy this, it is for an A-Class").
Kind Regards
Stefan
BTW: Congratulations to your hat, Jesse.
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тАО10-06-2004 01:44 AM
тАО10-06-2004 01:44 AM
Re: A180c Memory Upgrade
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тАО10-07-2004 05:28 AM
тАО10-07-2004 05:28 AM
Re: A180c Memory Upgrade
the only reason for using A180C is the need to have HP-UX 10.20. If you don't need 10.20 and you can use HP-UX 11.0 or 11i, you can buy very cheap remarketed rp2430 machine and 1GB RAM for rp2430:
A6889AR Rmkt HP server rp2430 Solution - ca. $850
A5841AR Rmkt 1024MB HD SyncDRAM Memory Mod - ca. $800
or
Kingston KTH-LSVR/1024 - $750
License for HP-UX 11i is bundled with the server.
Regards,
Zygmunt
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тАО10-07-2004 06:00 PM
тАО10-07-2004 06:00 PM
Re: A180c Memory Upgrade
the reason for me to use this old A180C ist that my boss bought it :-(
We have arp2470 as database server which hosts the oracle instances for our old, our new and our test EDM/PDM databases.
Our new database is growing fery fast as we migrate the data at the moment. Therefore we thought about moving the testdatabase to an seperate server.
I would have prefered to move the new database to a new and bigger/faster server and use the existing rp2470 as the testserver.
But ebay had an A-Class server for a very low price. And as a server is a server and A-Class is A-Class i have a problem now.
Also, of course, there has been no need to ask me first befor buying :-(
Regards Stefan
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тАО10-07-2004 07:51 PM
тАО10-07-2004 07:51 PM
Re: A180c Memory Upgrade
OK. I understand it. But note that the lowest price is not always the best buy. Here are the estimated performance results:
A180C PA7300 180MHz - 2800 tpm
rp2430 PA8700 650MHz - 16000 tpm
tpm = transaction per minute
Regards,
Zygmunt
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тАО10-07-2004 09:15 PM
тАО10-07-2004 09:15 PM
Re: A180c Memory Upgrade
i am aware of the performance difference. Also i am not the one who bought this thing. But i'm the one who has to live with whats available for me.
Better stop this discussion as i totally agree with you.
Regards Stefan