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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=437424022-31052002>I
found out that Storagetek drives are custom drives formatted with
520byte/sectors (not the usual 512byte/sectors). So you have to buy the drives
from the Storagetek Channel reseller. You cannot just take a off the shelf drive
and format it yourself. Now to find a drive...I will need
luck!!!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> jhoney@flash.net
[mailto:jhoney@flash.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 30, 2002 7:18
PM<BR><B>To:</B> baylisa@baylisa.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: replacement disk
for storagetek/clariion array<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>I used to work for a
computer OEM that indeed ordered 'custom' drives with special SCSI commands
built into the drives ROM but such things are pretty rare nowadays because
most OEM consumers wised up and pushed back. The drive mfgrs don't
really like this either anyway. I wouldn't say it was impossible that
this drive is a 'special' drive but it is unlikely. I can't imagine that
it would have to come from the Storagetek factory with a special format.
For SCSI that sort of thing (formatting) is usually more in the domain
of the controller chip on the bus controller card (i.e., not on the interface
chip of the drive like IDE drives). That was one of the main tenets of
IDE.<BR><BR>I'm just shooting from the hip here but it would seem to me there
has to be some utility/capability local on your system to support what you
want to do. Also, using the same model number frive might be a *real*
good idea but I am assuming you did that. Whether Storagetek would ever
want you to know how to do this might be the real issue. Be sure and
share the answer if you figure it out.<BR><BR>Good luck.<BR><BR>Brandon Yu
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=908132422-30052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>My array had a
failed disk and I replaced it with a off the shelf 18gig fibre scsi disk.
Seems like the drive is recognized as being unformatted by the
array.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=908132422-30052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone know
if I have to buy from Storagetek..something special about the
disk?</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>