Re: Shelves, disks, et al

"Stephen C. Woods" wrote:

I've got a couple of questions for the list.

(1) Can 9 GB drives be used in the same type shelves as 4 GB drives?
      I'm talking about narrow drives here.

If you mean 9 GB narrows with 4 GB narrows, not at netapp. We only ship 9 GB wides.

(2) Can they be mixed (4 and 9 GB drives) in a shelf?
     How about on the same controller?

On the same filer, yes. On the same shelf, nope.

(3) Is there any source for drives other than Netapps?

dunno

(4) If one obtains drives from another source can they be put
    under support (yeah I know, fat chance)?  Would they
    void current hardware support?  Would they void

software support?

Will leave this for someone better qualified to answer.

(5) If I had some extra narrow shelves is there a market?
    We're thinking about decommissioning one of our older filers.

Reply-to set to the list, as I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that

other folks are interested.

Thanks in advance Steve Woods

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