looking for hd u160

Goodmorning,
we have a server with a accelraid 352 (Mylex, now LSI) scsi card
We don't have hard disk on this matchine, and we are looking for them.
We have find only u320, but not u160, that is specified for that card.
Any suggestions ?

thanks

Andrea

On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:24:42 UTC in comp.periphs.scsi, Andrea
<andrea.cicchelli@diconet.it> wrote:

> Goodmorning,
> we have a server with a accelraid 352 (Mylex, now LSI) scsi card
> We don't have hard disk on this matchine, and we are looking for them.
> We have find only u320, but not u160, that is specified for that card.
> Any suggestions ?

Do some basic research and discover that U320 is backwards compatible and can be
used on U160 adapters?

--
Trevor Hemsley, Brighton, UK
Trevor dot Hemsley at ntlworld dot com

Trevor Hemsley wrote in news:P1FbDN13MuIihdxoncf3I5Lz2dHWd@trevor2.dsl.pip ex.com
> On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:24:42 UTC in comp.periphs.scsi, Andrea <andrea.cicchelli@diconet.it> wrote:
>
> > Goodmorning,
> > we have a server with a accelraid 352 (Mylex, now LSI) scsi card
> > We don't have hard disk on this matchine, and we are looking for them.

> > We have find only u320, but not u160,

Then obviously you're not looking very well when there are plenty around on Ebay.

> > that is specified for that card.

And where exactly does it say that?

> > Any suggestions ?

> Do some basic research

Like checking the SCSI FAQ that is regularly posted here.

Though in fairness it's not the easiest to find
http://scsifaq.sitemux.net/scsifaq.html#Generic101

It could use a good overhaul.

> and discover that U320 is backwards compatible and can be
> used on U160 adapters?

Or better, that all SCSI is upwards and backwards compatible except
for High Voltage Differential, which is only compatible with itself.

On Aug 6, 12:12 am, "Squeeze" <rubberd...@duckies.au> wrote:
>
> Like checking the SCSI FAQ that is regularly posted here.
>

Thanks to all,
i found the answer in the FAQ. It's possible.
My doubt is the lsi's answer to my question:

"Since AcceleRAID is a U160 RAID controller, U320 hard drives are not
supported. They may work, but we would not recommend using them."

Andrea

"Andrea" <andrea.cicchelli@diconet.it> wrote in message
news:c4c83ab7-c634-4337-a4a0-e12d78ece7f4@26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 6, 12:12 am, "Squeeze" <rubberd...@duckies.au> wrote:
>>
>> Like checking the SCSI FAQ that is regularly posted here.
>>
>
> Thanks to all,
> i found the answer in the FAQ. It's possible.
> My doubt is the lsi's answer to my question:
>
> "Since AcceleRAID is a U160 RAID controller, U320 hard drives are not
> supported. They may work, but we would not recommend using them."
>
> Andrea
>
I suggest you toss the AcceleRAID in the garbage, as it does not support SCSI.

Andrea wrote:
> On Aug 6, 12:12 am, "Squeeze" <rubberd...@duckies.au> wrote:
>> Like checking the SCSI FAQ that is regularly posted here.
>>
>
> Thanks to all,
> i found the answer in the FAQ. It's possible.
> My doubt is the lsi's answer to my question:
>
> "Since AcceleRAID is a U160 RAID controller, U320 hard drives are not
> supported. They may work, but we would not recommend using them."
>
> Andrea
>

Sounds like a CYA comment. Maybe U320 drives were just being developed
at the time they wrote that and since they hadn't tested any of them
thought it safest to dissuade people from using them. But all U320
drives should be able to put themselves in U160 mode and operate fine
with that controller.