HMV800 Dualmax drive upgrade
by Glenn Barry
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Jun 17, 2008 at 3:29:02 am
Hi There,
I've got an HMV 800 Dualmax U160 which I've been diagnosing for a friend.
It has one drive failure and another one or two suspect drives. So I'm looking at upgrading all 10 drives. The unit is out of Warranty so unfortunately it's not economically feasible to get the drives directly from Ciprico
Below is a list of Hitachi drives available locally. Can anoyone out there tell me which one they've had success with if they've upgraded theirs, or which ones came installed as OEM originals from Ciprico?
I know this could be commercially sensitive information, but I don't think Ciprico would stand to lose much if any income as these are very much obselete units.
Re: HMV800 Dualmax drive upgrade by Kevin Bare on Jun 19, 2008 at 6:23:00 pm
Glenn,
The DualMax U160 was a model far prior to Ciprico's acquiring of Huge Systems. Also, it was made during the industry's transition point between Ultra160 to Ultra320. The U160 was not offered in many drive capacities. Support and testing for the U160 models quickly ended once U320 interfaces arrived, using higher capacity drives and different hardware. A solution would be to upgrade to the newer U320 capable controllers, which would offer increased versatility, and continual support with the latest firmware Ciprico has to offer. It would also work with U160 SCSI hosts.
Only one drive from your availability list is officially supported, Hitachi p/n 0A31613. Again, it has only been tested and approved for U320 Models.
Re: HMV800 Dualmax drive upgrade by Glenn Barry on Jun 20, 2008 at 3:04:55 am
Thanks Kevin
I do realise that this is an old unit. The owner has still got that "it cost me $X000 dollars new" feeling that's stopping him from letting go.
We've all had this at some stage.
The interest increases on his mortgage are really putting him under pressure.
So I'm trying to give it a new lease on life as economically as possible.
Are you able to tell me which drives and capacities over 80GB were officially supported?
