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Dan_310
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Mixing Ultra2 and Ultra3 drives

Compaq DL380

What are the risks, consequences involved in mixing Ultra2 and Ultra3 SCSI drives.

Will the Ultra2 transfer at 80 MB/s and the Ultra3 at 160? Or, will all drives transmit at the fastest common speed, in this case 80 MB/s?

Is there greater risk of hardware failure or data corruption when mixing SCSI standards? Do the drives have to be placed in any particular order with respect to type?

Thanks!

Dan
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JohnWRuffo
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Re: Mixing Ultra2 and Ultra3 drives

There are no "Problems" with mixing the drives. The SCSI controller will sync the data transfers within RAIDs to the common protocol.
Here is a document that explains most of the compatability and issues:
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/proliantstorage/drives-enclosures/hd-substitution.pdf
Enjoy!
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Dan_310
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Re: Mixing Ultra2 and Ultra3 drives

Thank you John.
That was exactly the information I needed.

-Dan
JohnWRuffo
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Re: Mixing Ultra2 and Ultra3 drives

Glad I could help.
G'luck! -john
Enjoy!
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Re: Mixing Ultra2 and Ultra3 drives

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Dan_310
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Re: Mixing Ultra2 and Ultra3 drives

Ooops! Newbie Alert! :-)

Points have been assigned.

Thanks again.

Dan