Rounded Scsi Cables?

[Jasonx82]

Im toying with the idea of getting a 15,000RPM 74gig Cheetah. Just curious Do they make rounded 80pin scsi cables? Thanx

 

[UICompE02]

Well, they certainly make rounded SCSI cables for U320. They may be a little hard to come by, but they're out there.

The hard part would be finding 80-pin SCSI cables. 80-pin SCSI drives are typically intended for use in a backplane or external enclosure environment. 80-pin connectors include the SCSI data and control signals as well as power and device ID selection signals; 68-pin SCSI connectors only have SCSI data and control signals.

You can buy an adapter that will convert from a 68-pin cable to attach to an 80-pin target device, but your best bet is to buy a target device with a 68-pin connector unless it will be used in a backplane environment.

 

[Jasonx82]

Thanx for the help, Do you know where to get a 68pin rounded scsi cable?

and Last Question

a Fujitsu 74giger 15,000
or
a Segate Cheetah 74 giger 15,000?

Well, they certainly make rounded SCSI cables for U320. They may be a little hard to come by, but they're out there.

The hard part would be finding 80-pin SCSI cables. 80-pin SCSI drives are typically intended for use in a backplane or external enclosure environment. 80-pin connectors include the SCSI data and control signals as well as power and device ID selection signals; 68-pin SCSI connectors only have SCSI data and control signals.

You can buy an adapter that will convert from a 68-pin cable to attach to an 80-pin target device, but your best bet is to buy a target device with a 68-pin connector unless it will be used in a backplane environment.

 

[trungma]

Im toying with the idea of getting a 15,000RPM 74gig Cheetah. Just curious Do they make rounded 80pin scsi cables? Thanx

Yes they do. I bought a retail Adaptec card and it came with a rounded scsi cable.

 

[draksia]

Thanx for the help, Do you know where to get a 68pin rounded scsi cable?

and Last Question

a Fujitsu 74giger 15,000
or
a Segate Cheetah 74 giger 15,000?

Checkout www.storagereview.com for all the info you need on which scsi disk to select.

 

[Vertigo Acid]

I've used generic-ish rounded SCSI cables from SVC and Newegg before @ U160 and never had a problem, but YMMV

 

[DougLite]

Thanx for the help, Do you know where to get a 68pin rounded scsi cable?

and Last Question

a Fujitsu 74giger 15,000
or
a Segate Cheetah 74 giger 15,000?

Performance: Fujitsu
Noise and Reliability: Seagate

The Fujitsu MAS3735 was SR's World's Fastest Hard Drive for nearly 2 years, but was recently dethroned by the Maxtor Atlas 15K II. The Fujitsu MAU also delivers amazing sinlge user performance. Seagate's recent SCSI drives have been alckluster performance wise, but hey do enjoy Seagate's hallmark of (relatively) quiet operation, and Cheetah remains the gold standard for reliability, even under enterprise duty cycles.

 

[sativa]

http://www.hypermicro.com probably has what you need.

i HIGHLY recommend them.. excellent service & packaging.

 

[D4hPr0]

Thanx for the help, Do you know where to get a 68pin rounded scsi cable?

and Last Question

a Fujitsu 74giger 15,000
or
a Segate Cheetah 74 giger 15,000?

link

 

[Dr_John]

http://www.hypermicro.com probably has what you need.

i HIGHLY recommend them.. excellent service & packaging.

I second that. I use them for all my SCSI stuff. I just bought a 73 GB Cheetah 15K3 from them.

 

[Dually]

I'm assuming that your fitting this into a standard desktop case, so don't forget to provide the drive proper cooling. Cremax (IcyDock) offers some very nice units that will provide proper cooling, accept an 80 pin drive, and have 68 pin cable connectors.