--------------SCSI U320 Drive, will it work in a U160 controller?

[thatsright]

Have a Ultra 160 80-Pin Hot-swappable controller for a server. Can't really get any new U160 drives. I can get a U320 Drive 80 pin that is new, but I'm wondering if it will work with my U160 80 pin controller?

Thanks a lot!

 

[Vegito]

yes, it'll auto negotiate down to u160.. i done it... had no problems.. what controller are you using..

 

[thatsright]

A Intel U160 80 Pin RAID Controller SCRU31 Hot Swappable.

And why YES, this controller is old school. VERY Old school!! Its Vintage is 2000 I believe. And since its hard/impossible to find unused U160 HD's these days.... U320 is the way to go.

 

[jamesbond007]

The only benefit of U320 over U160 is the doubled bandwidth. One drive surely cannot saturate the 160 bus, so you'll be a-o-k.

Think of it like a pata133 drive being hooked up to a circa 1997 motherboard with ata33.
It works, just runs slower.