replacement disk for storagetek/clariion array

Fri May 31 15:43:18 PDT 2002

I found out that Storagetek drives are custom drives formatted with
520byte/sectors (not the usual 512byte/sectors). So you have to buy the
drives from the Storagetek Channel reseller. You cannot just take a off the
shelf drive and format it yourself. Now to find a drive...I will need
luck!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: jhoney at flash.net [mailto:jhoney at flash.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 7:18 PM
To: baylisa at baylisa.org
Subject: Re: replacement disk for storagetek/clariion array

I used to work for a computer OEM that indeed ordered 'custom' drives with
special SCSI commands built into the drives ROM but such things are pretty
rare nowadays because most OEM consumers wised up and pushed back.  The
drive mfgrs don't really like this either anyway.  I wouldn't say it was
impossible that this drive is a 'special' drive but it is unlikely.  I can't
imagine that it would have to come from the Storagetek factory with a
special format.  For SCSI that sort of thing (formatting) is usually more in
the domain of the controller chip on the bus controller card (i.e., not on
the interface chip of the drive like IDE drives).  That was one of the main
tenets of IDE.

I'm just shooting from the hip here but it would seem to me there has to be
some utility/capability local on your system to support what you want to do.
Also, using the same model number frive might be a *real* good idea but I am
assuming you did that.  Whether Storagetek would ever want you to know how
to do this might be the real issue.  Be sure and share the answer if you
figure it out.

Good luck.

Brandon Yu wrote:

My array had a failed disk and I replaced it with a off the shelf 18gig
fibre scsi disk. Seems like the drive is recognized as being unformatted by
the array.
Does anyone know if I have to buy from Storagetek..something special about
the disk?

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