Full height hard drives...

[Chaotic42]

Aside from being bigger, are there any disadvantages to using full height hard drives? Specifically IBM model 09L3903.

I've never actually seen one before, which is why I have to ask. 😉

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Aside from being bigger, are there any disadvantages to using full height hard drives? Specifically IBM model 09L3903.

I've never actually seen one before, which is why I have to ask. 😉

Potentially - noise, heat, and space. Most modern tower PC cases, have little "fins" that seperate the 5.25 bays. You may have to bend those back, to install a "full height" 5.25 drive.

I'm kind of curious - why in the world would you want to install something as ancient as a full-height drive, these days?

You can get working 1" (or maybe just half-height) 4.5GB U2W SCSI HDs for under $10.

Also, something as big as a full-height drive, will probably have very low capacities, probably less than 1-2GB. (I have a couple of full-height 20MB MFM drives, if anyone wants one...)

 

[jackschmittusa]

Had a full height HP scsi drive once. Slow, small capacity, and it could have passed for a brick.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Potentially - noise, heat, and space. Most modern tower PC cases, have little "fins" that seperate the 5.25 bays. You may have to bend those back, to install a "full height" 5.25 drive.

I'm kind of curious - why in the world would you want to install something as ancient as a full-height drive, these days?

You can get working 1" (or maybe just half-height) 4.5GB U2W SCSI HDs for under $10.

Also, something as big as a full-height drive, will probably have very low capacities, probably less than 1-2GB. (I have a couple of full-height 20MB MFM drives, if anyone wants one...)

I found 4 36GB 10K U160 SCSI Drives for like $150.