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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: pablotinch on June 11, 2005, 07:18:06 PM

Title: i think i buy something that i dont really need
Post by: pablotinch on June 11, 2005, 07:18:06 PM
i just got from ebay a     

Barracuda 18LP for me oktagon 2008 , but reading the manual of the hard drive i can not find what can of interface is it does not seem to be 50 , 80 pin i am kind of confuse if this hd will work in mine octagon .
so anybody can help me here
ST-318275FC Fibre Channel FC-AL, Dual Port (Barracuda 18 LP)

  ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
  º REAR VIEW º  ST-318275FC
  ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ
       40 pin I/O and DC Power Wall/bracket Connection
                     ³  Female
    J1          /ÄÄÄijÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ\      TOP (HDA)
     ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ/ ×××××××××××××× \ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
              (\Ä1ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ20/)    BOTTOM

     Notes on 40 pin I/O connector:
            +12v  =  pins  2, 3, 4, 21
            +5v   =  pins  19, 20, 40
            GND   =  pins  6, 22, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35

  Mating FC connector: AMP US p/n: 787317-1 straight-in, Male 40-pin


  ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
  º FRONT VIEW º  (ST-318275FC)
  ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ

Reserved. Shipped with cover installed.
Do not remove. Do not install jumpers
                                  ³     ÚÂÄÄÄÄ Reserved
                                  ³     ³³ÚÄÄÄ Fault LED
                                  ³     ³³³ÚÄÄ Port B Bypass LED
                                  ³     ³³³³ÚÄ Port A Bypass LED
                      TOP (HDA)  ÕØÍÍ͸ ³³³³1
     ÍÍPÍWÍAÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͵::::³::::::ÆÍÍ
                 *    BOTTOM     ÔÍÍÍ;³³³ÀÅÙ
                 ³               J6    ³³³ ÀÄÄ Ground
            LED ÄÙ                     ³³ÀÄÄÄÄ Active LED
                                       ³ÀÄÄÄÄÄ Ground
                                       ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄ Remote LED (pin-11 +5v)

  ST318275FC drives have two independent FC-AL ports. These
  ports may be connected on independent loops or on the same
  loop.  Port A and Port B may be connected in any order or
  combination.


                            ST-318275FC



       UNFORMATTED CAPACITY (GB) ________________21.6
       FORMATTED CAPACITY (GB) __________________18.21
       AVERAGE SECTORS PER TRACK ________________303 rounded down
       ACTUATOR TYPE ____________________________ROTARY VOICE COIL
       TRACKS ___________________________________117,210
       CYLINDERS ________________________________11,721 user
       HEADS ______PHYSICAL______________________10
       DISCS (3.5 in) ___________________________5
       MEDIA TYPE _______________________________THIN FILM/MR
       RECORDING METHOD _________________________PRML 16/17 EPR4
       INTERNAL TRANSFER RATE (mbits/sec)________137 to 240
       INTERNAL FORMATTED TRANSFER RATE (MB/sec)_16.2 to 28.3
       EXTERNAL TRANSFER RATE (mbyte/sec/port)___106.3 Sync
       SPINDLE SPEED (RPM) ______________________7,200
       AVERAGE LATENCY (mSEC) ___________________4.17
       BUFFER (/optional)________________________1MB/4MB
         Read Look-Ahead, Adaptive,
         Multi-Segmented Cache
       INTERFACE ________________________________FC-AL
         Fibre Channel - Arbitrated Loop, ASA II
       BYTES PER TRACK __________________________186 KByte avg
       SECTORS PER DRIVE ________________________35,566,480
       TPI (TRACKS PER INCH) ____________________12,580
       BPI (PEAK KBITS PER INCH) ________________223
       AVERAGE ACCESS (ms read/write)____________6.9/7.8
         Drive level without controller overhead
       SINGLE TRACK SEEK (ms read/write) ________0.9/1.2
       MAX FULL SEEK (ms read/write) ____________15/16
       MTBF (power-on hours) ____________________1,000,000
       SHOCK (G's, 11/2/0.5 ms):
                operating (Read/Write) __________5
                abnormal ________________________10
                nonoperating ____________________75/150/100
       ACOUSTICS (Bels typical, sound power) ____4.2
       POWER DISSIPATION (watts/BTUs) Active ____
                                      Idle ______11.3/38.5
       POWER REQUIREMENTS: +12V START-UP (amps) _2.0
                           +12V TYPICAL (amps) __0.65 idle
                           +5V START-UP (amps) __0.75
                           +5V TYPICAL (amps) ___0.70 idle
                           IDLE (watts) _________
       LANDING ZONE (cyl) _______________________AUTO PARK
       IBM AT DRIVE TYPE ________________________0 or NONE

       Physical:
                        Height (inches/mm):      1.0/25.4
                        Width  (inches/mm):     4.00/101.6
                        Depth  (inches/mm):     5.75/146
                        Weight    (lbs/kg):      1.3/0.589

Already low-level formatted at the factory with x spare sectors at
the end of each x cylinder region.  

ZBR = Zone Bit Recording = Variable sectors per track
Title: Re: i think i buy something that i dont really need
Post by: PaSha on June 11, 2005, 07:56:09 PM
Quote

pablotinch wrote:
i just got from ebay a     

Barracuda 18LP for me oktagon 2008 , but reading the manual of the hard drive i can not find what can of interface is it does not seem to be 50 , 80 pin i am kind of confuse if this hd will work in mine octagon .
so anybody can help me here
ST-318275FC Fibre Channel FC-AL, Dual Port (Barracuda 18 LP)


Fibre-Channel = the connector. I've never seen one myself, but I can tell you that it definately won't work with your oktagon.
I'm sorry to say this, but I think you just bought yourself a paperweight...

From seagate.com
Quote

Fibre Channel:
This refers to products with fibre channel physical and protocol layers using the SCSI command set. The Fibre Channel interface is completely different from parallel SCSI in that it is a serial interface, meaning command and data information is transmitted on one signal stream organized into packets. The fibre may be either a copper coaxial cable or a fiber optic cable. The signal on the first implementation of fibre channel uses a 1 GHz rate, thereby achieving 100 Mbytes/sec over the cable. Fibre channel also implements increased software control of configuration and pushes the total device count on the bus to 126 IDs, as opposed to only 8 or 16 on a parallel bus. For more information, see our Technology Paper on Fibre Channel. Seagate designates a fiber channel SCSI interface with an "fc" in the model number.


-Paul
Title: Re: i think i buy something that i dont really need
Post by: Tripitaka on June 12, 2005, 03:26:59 PM
I've used an IBM server that was Fibre Channel based, never seen it used on anything else though!
Title: Re: i think i buy something that i dont really need
Post by: Chain on June 13, 2005, 01:25:52 PM
or u can try something like this
SCA reduction (http://krup.602portal.cz/pic/ksred80.jpg)
Title: Re: i think i buy something that i dont really need
Post by: bloodline on June 13, 2005, 03:12:03 PM
Quote

Chain wrote:
or u can try something like this
SCA reduction (http://krup.602portal.cz/pic/ksred80.jpg)


I've got one of those... but it has a burned trace on it :-)
Title: Re: i think i buy something that i dont really need
Post by: glitch on June 13, 2005, 03:35:45 PM
Yeah, well I had one of those but the wheels fell off...   :lol:
Title: Re: i think i buy something that i dont really need
Post by: adolescent on June 13, 2005, 05:23:47 PM
You can't just adapt it.  FC is a totally different protocol than SCSI.  
Title: Re: i think i buy something that i dont really need
Post by: Tripitaka on June 14, 2005, 12:43:49 AM
You could build a RAID!
Or...........DOORSTOP!
Or flog it on ebay!
 
I'm not helping, am I. :-D
Title: Re: i think i buy something that i dont really need
Post by: adz on June 14, 2005, 01:05:44 AM
Quote

Chain wrote:
or u can try something like this
SCA reduction (http://krup.602portal.cz/pic/ksred80.jpg)


That WILL NOT work, besides the fact that Fibre Channel is a completely different protocol, the plugs aren't even the same. Best bet would be to relist it on eBay "AS IS".