Hi All
Out office inherited a RS/6000 7044 Model 270 with a pair 18gb
hard drives. We need to increase the amount of additional available HD
storage on the machine by at least 100 (+/-) GB. Can anyone make a
recommendation of how to reasonable (cost) accomplish this?

Thanks in advance

ralph L wrote:
> Hi All
> Out office inherited a RS/6000 7044 Model 270 with a pair 18gb
> hard drives. We need to increase the amount of additional available HD
> storage on the machine by at least 100 (+/-) GB. Can anyone make a
> recommendation of how to reasonable (cost) accomplish this?
>
> Thanks in advance


We just installed a new hard drive from IBM in our 7044 last week.
This was a 36 GB drive and came on a special carrier for installation
inside our machine. Supposedly the computer will work with 72 GB drives
but they were not available when we were shopping for the new drive.
A cheaper alternative would be to get an external case and install
generic HDs in it. These would not be covered by IBM maintenance if
that is a concern to you.

Michael W Ryder <mwryder@_earthlink_.net> wrote in message news:<RKb9b.4082$BS5.2582@newsread4.news.pas.earth link.net>...
> ralph L wrote:
> > Hi All
> > Out office inherited a RS/6000 7044 Model 270 with a pair 18gb
> > hard drives. We need to increase the amount of additional available HD
> > storage on the machine by at least 100 (+/-) GB. Can anyone make a
> > recommendation of how to reasonable (cost) accomplish this?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
>
>
> We just installed a new hard drive from IBM in our 7044 last week.
> This was a 36 GB drive and came on a special carrier for installation
> inside our machine. Supposedly the computer will work with 72 GB drives
> but they were not available when we were shopping for the new drive.
> A cheaper alternative would be to get an external case and install
> generic HDs in it. These would not be covered by IBM maintenance if
> that is a concern to you.


Hi Michael
Is there a site that can show me what my opitions are for the
RS6000. ie the external case that you had suggested sounds likes a
good idea Is there any brands or description of what the case is
called ?I like to follow up on it.
Thanks in Advance

ralph L wrote:
> Michael W Ryder <mwryder@_earthlink_.net> wrote in message news:<RKb9b.4082$BS5.2582@newsread4.news.pas.earth link.net>...
>
>>ralph L wrote:
>>
>>>Hi All
>>> Out office inherited a RS/6000 7044 Model 270 with a pair 18gb
>>>hard drives. We need to increase the amount of additional available HD
>>>storage on the machine by at least 100 (+/-) GB. Can anyone make a
>>>recommendation of how to reasonable (cost) accomplish this?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>>We just installed a new hard drive from IBM in our 7044 last week.
>>This was a 36 GB drive and came on a special carrier for installation
>>inside our machine. Supposedly the computer will work with 72 GB drives
>>but they were not available when we were shopping for the new drive.
>>A cheaper alternative would be to get an external case and install
>>generic HDs in it. These would not be covered by IBM maintenance if
>>that is a concern to you.
>
>
>
> Hi Michael
> Is there a site that can show me what my opitions are for the
> RS6000. ie the external case that you had suggested sounds likes a
> good idea Is there any brands or description of what the case is
> called ?I like to follow up on it.
> Thanks in Advance


We just purchased generic external hard drive cases with the SCSI
connectors. We then installed SCSI drives into the case and connected
to the external connector on the RS/6000. They were listed as other
SCSI devices and ran for years on our system. The only caveats are they
may not be as fast as internal drives because the external connector may
not be as fast as the internal connector. Also the connecting cable may
be expensive and hard to get.
I would try the internal solution first and if it won't work for you
talk to a good computer dealer or one of the online vendors like
Insight. They should be able to get you the case and drives. You may
have to go to IBM to get the SCSI cable.