[admin] 2.5" hard disk

[David Cooley]

Steve's already said the server only has room for a 2.5" drive, not a 3.5"


At 10:01 AM 12/12/1999 +1100, you wrote:
>At the expense of a making a blanket statement:
>Most laptops use a 2.5" drive with a 44 pin IDE interface
>that includes the power (+5 volts needed only - usually)
>Most PCs use a 3.5" drive with a 40 pin IDE connector and
>a separate 4 pin +12 and +5 Volt connector. Note that the
>44 pin connector is basically the 40 pin connector with the
>extra 4 pins carrying the power. Consequently, you can buy an
>adapter that lets you you use a 44 pin IDE drive with a 40
>pin cable AND a 4 pin power connector.
>
>But this all begs the obvious question - why use a 2.5"
>drive when a 3.5" drive is probably cheaper (and dare I
>suggest - more reliable - or are laptop drives less reliable
>because people drop them more often?)
>
>Plus, are we jumping the gun here? What has Steve/Orin/John/etc.
>decided about a new server?




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