Fuel storage upgrade to SSD - Printable Version
+- IRIX Network Forums (//forums.irixnet.org)
+-- Forum: SGI/MIPS (//forums.irixnet.org/forum-3.html)
+--- Forum: Hardware/Triage/Repair (//forums.irixnet.org/forum-11.html)
+--- Thread: Fuel storage upgrade to SSD (/thread-2222.html)
+- IRIX Network Forums (//forums.irixnet.org)
+-- Forum: SGI/MIPS (//forums.irixnet.org/forum-3.html)
+--- Forum: Hardware/Triage/Repair (//forums.irixnet.org/forum-11.html)
+--- Thread: Fuel storage upgrade to SSD (/thread-2222.html)
Fuel storage upgrade to SSD - indigofan - 06-16-2020
Has anyone tried this on a Fuel?
SCSI2SD emulator/SSD, version 6, Revision 2020a
https://store.inertialcomputing.com/SCSI2SD-v6-p/scsi2sd-v6-rev2020c.htm?1=1&CartID=0
Edit: text formatting
RE: Fuel storage upgrade to SSD - Raion - 06-16-2020
I edited your post because the text formatting broke up on some themes.
Anyways, the SCSI2SD is for a very old version of SCSI (SCSI 2) and the U160 bus of the Fuel is many times faster than the SCSI2SD, so it's a poor option. It's a good option on an Indy or Indigo2, but not on an Octane or higher.
You are better off getting a 15k RPM U320 SCSI disk on Ebay and using that over this.
RE: Fuel storage upgrade to SSD - callahan - 06-16-2020
No, but see my speed testing here: http://forums.irixnet.org/thread-2004.html
TL;DR For anything newer than an Indy/Indigo2, the SCSI2SD will be much slower than a 10-15k RPM SCSI disk.
RE: Fuel storage upgrade to SSD - ducks - 06-17-2020
Or if it's just speed you are looking for. Get a LSI SAS3041X-R and add a SSD disk. You can't boot from them, but you can make a small boot partition to load the kernel from an internal SCSI disk and put the rest on the SSD.
RE: Fuel storage upgrade to SSD - Fascia - 12-18-2020
Does the LSI SAS3041X-R have native support in IRIX, or does it need drivers?
RE: Fuel storage upgrade to SSD - ducks - 12-18-2020
It has native drivers. I run this setup on my Tezro and the performance difference compared to a 15k rpm disk is huge.
RE: Fuel storage upgrade to SSD - jwhat - 12-23-2020
(12-18-2020, 02:10 AM)Fascia Wrote: Does the LSI SAS3041X-R have native support in IRIX, or does it need drivers?
Hi Fascia,
see this thread: https://forums.irixnet.org/thread-2484.html
Support is only post boot.
Cheers from Oz,
John.