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| 6389.1 | | SSAG::LARY | teach 10,000 stars how not to dance | Tue Feb 11 1997 15:07 | 7 |
| The differences between a RA410 and a RA450 are the 4 boards, the controller
bulkheads, the new external battery SBB and cables, and the firmware cards.
There may be other differences that I'm forgetting, but I think that's it.
The new bulkhead provides the connector to hook the cache to the battery.
Richie
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| 6389.2 | there is an upgrade kit... | STOWKS::BULTE | Wilko Bulte - European Storage Engineering | Wed Feb 12 1997 09:09 | 7 |
| see http://sniff.shr.dec.com , it should have
the docs outlining a 410 to 450 upgrade procedure
It is essentially replacing the HSZs & caches & adding
external cache battery/ies
Wilko
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| 6389.3 | promote the upgrade kit | MSE1::PCOTE | Rebuilt NT: 163, Rebuilt VMS:1 | Wed Feb 12 1997 11:32 | 18 |
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Perhaps digital should attempt (or indice?) to promote this upgrade
by charging just a nominal fee. The reason is that the support
cost (for digital) on the sw410 must be huge. Anyone care to publish
the mtbf ?
The cache backup battery design of of the hsz40 is extrememly problematic.
(insert your own horror stories here) On the other hand, the sw450
(hsz50) has been rock solid based on my personal observations and
testing.
It would seem like good business practice to offer a very attractive
"hsz40 to hsz50 upgrade" and rid ourselves of the hsz40 headaches.
imo,
Paul
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