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Originally Posted by MadMorgan
yes, I read notices, and I also realize that if someone takes pity on me, and contacts me off the board, then that's between them and I. I can hope, anyway.
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All well and good, but let's not get the forum in trouble in the process eh? In other words, not be so blatant about your request to people.
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Originally Posted by MadMorgan
As far as capacities, Why are all the M4100 replacement drives 160GB capacity?
4x160 raid 5=480gb if I still remember second grade math and raid fundamentals.
P/N 5325301671 is what I'm referencing.
Was snap playing games with formatted capacity? Does the 160 format down to 137, and thus your 480 is really only 411?
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Because in a lot of cases, 160 GB drives are cheaper than 120 GB drives. Anyone who has been building RAID arrarys since 1985 and working with MFM/RLL/ESDI since long before that should know this. It's called economics. See? I can be condescending too.
Bottom line, since you are an old hand, the 4100
DOES NOT support LBA 48-bit. Which means data above 137 GB. So yes, they use 160 GB drives, but they format down to 137 GB each (well, close).
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Originally Posted by MadMorgan
I know to match drives.. I've been building raids since 1985, and worked with MFM / RLL / ESDI long before that.
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Me too...
