CD-ROM's,
DAT's,
Floppies/Flopticals,
Joysticks,
Magneto Opticals,
Memory,CDR's (Writeable CD-ROM's), DLT's (Digital Linear Tape), Mice
Here is a list of some 3rd party disk suppliers I've collected from info-iris emails. Comments are from the original poster.
One should NOT put the older high speed (i.e. 7200RPM) drives INSIDE Indy's. These drives get way to hot and the Indy's can not push enought air through them to properly cool the drive. If one of these drives is put inside an Indy, the drive WILL burn itself out. If one wants to use these hot high speed drives with an Indy, get a well ventilated EXTERNAL enclosure with a good fan in it. These same drives HAVE been know to work fine inside Indigo2's. However, Dave Olson had the following coments on Seagate 4GB Barracuda's in Indigo2's:
You can put ONE 4GB barracuda in an Indigo2 (bottom slot, as that has the most air flow). Putting two (internally) is pushing your luck. Three (5.25" drive tray) is really, really pushing your luck.
It's true that more recent barracuda drives tend to run cooler than the original ones, but I'm not sure if they are enough cooler.
Two of the quantum 4GB or IBM Ultrastar drives isn't a problem, and 3 shouldn't be either, as long as you keep all the plastics on, so the airflow goes where it is supposed to.
Scott Henry updated things with this note:
(Ref. 7200 RPM 4GB drives) That is only true for the early drives which ran very hot. The current ones run a lot cooler. I have 2 Indys with QUANTUM XP34550WLXY4 (4.5G 7200RPM) drives, and they don't run noticably hotter than the 1GB drives that they replaced. I suspect that either now or very soon, the 10000RPM drives will be cool enough to run in an Indy.
Always try to keep the number of external enclosures/boxes to a MINIMUM, the fewer the number of boxes the better. Keep cables as short as possible, the shorter the better. Make sure only ONE device at the end of the chain is terminated and use an active terminator.
Remember, NEVER EVER FORMAT a SCSI drive. Its NOT necessary and can cause problems if you do.
If any one has any updated information, changes, or corrections, please let me know. I try to only keep a list of company names that end users have actually purchased equipment from and are satisfied with that company's products and service. If you have problems with a company, let me know and I'll see about dropping them from the list.
Anacapa
Phone: (800) 800-7056
Contact: Glen Anderson
Educational Sales Rep: Webb Driver
2GB 5400RPM $636 (April '96)
2GB 7200RPM $748 (April '96)
4GB 5400RPM $1024 (April '96)
4GB 7200RPM $1210 (April '96)
Internal Indigo2 sled: $158 (April '96)
External enclosure: $117 (April '96)
Andataco
Phone: (503) 526-9191, (800) 334-9191, (619) 453-9191
http://www.andataco.com/
(Reliability of company: Unknown)
ARROW/KIERRULFF Electronics
ATTN: Bruce
8300 Guilford Rd.
Columbia, MD 21046
Phone: (410) 995-6002 (No Answer)
5.25" SCSI and were about $2,700.00 each for 766 Mbytes. (July '90)
Byteworks
Phone: (714) 470-4590
Contact: Elizabeth Rogers
4 GB Indigo2 internal 5400 RPM $1465 (Oct. '95)
4 GB Indigo2 internal 7200 RPM $1790 (Oct. '95)
9 GB external with enclosure $2995 (Oct. '95)
CITA Technologies, Inc.
860 Broad Street
Emmaus, PA 18049
Phone: (215) 395-0262 (965-3552 old)??
Contact:Jeff Thomas
CITA has disk drives for the Indigo, including the mounting hardware.
Brackets alone $452 list ($294 discount?) (Sept. '92)
520MB (formatted) $1475? (Jan. '92)
5 year 24 hour replacement warranty
CompuPlus, Inc.
130 McCormick Ave, Suite 106
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone: (800) 536-7378, (714) 438-1100, FAX: (714) 438-1106
http://www.compu-plus.com
1.05G internal disk for Indigo $2150 (July '92)
Following have 5 year warranty:
2GB 10ms internal Indigo2 $770 (April '96)
2GB 8.5ms internal Indigo2 $860 (April '96)
4GB 10ms internal Indigo2 $1080 (April '96)
4GB 8.5ms internal Indigo2 $1250 (April '96)
External enclosure: $120 (April '96)
O200 ultra/wide drive sleds
ComputAbility Consumer Electronics
P.O. Box 17882
Milwaukee, WI 53217
Phone: (800) 554-9950; (800) 554-2184; (414) 357-8181, FAX: (414) 357-7814
Email: sales@computability.com
http://www.computability.com/Hardware/hd.html
Seagate 4.2GB 3.5" Fast 5400RPM (ST15230N) $969 (Jun '96)
Seagate 4.2GB 3.5" Fast 7200RPM (ST15150N) $999 (Jun '96)
Core Systems Inc.
Phone: (800)416-5561
Contact: Morris Bush
http://www.corsys.com/
Service Quality: Unknown
Seagate 9.0GB fast wide drives $2450 (Jan '96)
DataLink
Mpls, Mn (612) 944-3462
http://www.datalink.com/
9Gig under $5000 (June '94)
O200 ultra/wide drive sleds
Direct Data Storage
Phone: (916) 331-5852
http://harddisk.com/harddisk.html
Seagate 4.2GB 3.5" Fast 5400RPM (ST15230N) $1015 (Jun '96)
Seagate 4.2GB 3.5" Fast 7200RPM (ST15150N) $1049 (Jun '96)
Dirt Cheap Drives
3716 Timber Drive
Dickinson, TX 77539
Phone: (800) 786-1160, (281) 534-4140; FAX: (281) 534-6452
http://www.hard-drive.com/
Seagate 4.2GB 3.5" Fast 7200RPM (ST15150N) $1095 (May '97)
Seagate 9GB 3.5" Fast 7200RPM (ST19171N) $2079 (May '97)
Edgemark Systems
11921-E Bournfield Way
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Phone: (301) 625-1039, FAX: (301) 625-0900
Account Manager: Mike Clark, Email: mclark@edgemark.com
http://www.edgemark.com
Enterprise Hardware
Phone: (214) 478-2364
Contact: Les Connally, Email: lesliec@theplanet.com, sales@enterprisehardware.com
DS1100 Drive Mounting Rails $40 (Feb. '02)
Artecon, Inc.(was Falcon Systems, Inc.)
6305 El Camino Real
Carlsbad, CA 92009-1606
Phone: (800) 872-2783, (760) 931-5500, FAX: (760) 931-5527
http://www.artecon.com/
SCSI, SMD and ESDI disks too.
Falcon has disk drives for the Indigo, including the mounting hardware.
600MB 3.5" $1323 (March '93)
1.3GB internal disk for Indigo $1693 (March '93)
2GB 3.5" 32550 disk $1004 (April '96)
4GB 3.5" 15150 disk $1279 (April '96)
4GB 3.5" external disk $1413 (Feb. '97)
4GB 3.5" Fast Wide Dif. disk(ST-15150WD) $1515 (July '96)
Onyx Sled $298 (July '96)
Indigo2 5.25" Sled $150 (May '95)
Indigo2 3.5" Sled $165 (July '96)
SH-004-E 4x5.25" HH Enclosure: $350 (May '96)
5 disk (3.5GB Seagate ST43400N/ND) RAID $31,690 (Sept. '93)
5 year 24 hour replacement warranty,
Falcon's service became nonexistent. They didn't return calls and
can't get quotes right. Others have noticed the same thing.
Don't know if the new Artecon management has changed things any.
Foxfield Peripherals Int'l.
Phone: (916) 331-5852, FAX: 916) 348-7012
9AM to 7PM Mon-Fri and 1PM Sat, Pacific Standard Time
Contact: Michael Resnik
Email: mresnik@netcom.com, mresnik@DELPHI.COM
MICROPOLIS 2217D 3.5-INCH Fast SCSI-2(1.75MB) $775 (Sept. '94)
Impediment, Inc.
541 Plain Street
Marshfield, MA 02050
Phone: (781) 834-3800, Alex Sunguroff (car phone): (781) 694-4488
Fax: (781) 834-3666
Email Contact: Walter Seamon <walter@impediment.com>
Email Contact: Alexander Sunguroff <alex@impediment.com>
http://www.impediment.com/
5.25" 780 MB SCSI $1600 (Sept. '91)
5.25" 1.6 GB SCSI $2700 (Sept. '91)
4GB 3.5" Fast disk (ST-15150N) $1077 (July '96)
4GB 3.5" Fast Wide Dif. disk (ST-15150WD) $1247 (July '96)
4.3GB 3.5" Ultra/Narrow/Single Seagate(ST34371N) $875 (April '97)
9.1GB 3.5" Ultra/Wide/Single Seagate(ST19101WC) $1065 (Jan. '98)
9.1GB 3.5" Ultra/Wide/Single LV Seagate(ST19102LC) $625 (Dec. '98)
9.1GB 3.5" Ultra/Wide/Single LV Seagate(ST39102LC) $655 (Feb. '99)
9.1GB 3.5" Ultra/Narrow/Single LP Seagate(ST39173N) $425 (Aug. '99)
18.2GB 3.5" Narrow/Single IBM(25L1780) $730 (July '99)
18.2GB 3.5" Ultra/Single Seagate(ST118273N) $775 (July '99)
18.2GB 3.5" Ultra/Wide/Single LV Seagate(ST118202LC) $1230 (Dec. '98)
Indigo2 5.25" Sled (INDIGO-R2-5) $190 (April '97)
Indigo2 3.5" Sled (INDIGO-R2-3.5) $170 (July '99)
Octane Sled (MN-OCTANE) $160 (Jan. '99)
Octane Sled with SCA converter (DAT-OCTANE) $225 (Aug. '98)
Onxy Sled (SB-CB16) $450 (July '96)
1 Half Height 3.5" Enclosure (DDS50-S1MM) $125 (June '98)
1 Half Height 5.25" Enclosure (DS90-S1MM) $125 (July '96)
4 Half Height 5.25" Enclosure (DS100-S4MM) $75 (Aug. '96)
4 Half Height 5.25" Enclosure (DS100-S4W) $365 (April 2000)
1' SCSI-2 Cable $35 (June '98)
1.5' SCSI-3 Cable (DC100-SCSI3-1.5) $30 (Feb. '99)
3' SCSI-2 Cable $75 (Aug. '96)
3' SCSI-2 Wide to Narrow Cable (ATHD68T-HD50-3) $75 (April 2000)
68 PIN WIDE TO 50 PIN FEM STUB (68/50STUB(F-F)) $25 (Feb. '99)
AMPHENOL SCSI-2 ACTIVE TERM. $21 (June '98)
SCSI-2 Wide Active Term.(DX100-S2-TA) $25 (April 2000)
INLINE CORPORATION
12110 Sunset Hills Road #450
Reston, Virginia 22090 USA
Phone: (800) INLINE-7 (800-465-4637), 703-478-0800; FAX: (703) 478-0966
Email Contact: John Tibbitts <john@inlinecorp.com>
Email Contact: Jim Fernandez: jim@inlinecorp.com
http://www.inlinecorp.com
4.3GB Seagate ST15150N with Indigo2 sled $1225 (Sept. '96)
4GB 3.5" 7200RPM Ultra/Narrow/Single Seagate with sled $1335 (April '97)
4GB 3.5" 7200RPM Ultra/Narrow/Single Quantum with sled $1192 (April '97)
9GB 3.5" 7200RPM Ultra/Narrow/Single Seagate with sled $2481 (April '97)
9GB 3.5" 7200RPM Ultra/Narrow/Single Quantum with sled $1827 (April '97)
2.1GB Disk Subsystem $819 (Feb. '96)
4.3GB Disk Subsystem $1068 (Feb. '96)
9.1GB Disk Subsystem $2356 (Feb. '96)
18.2GB Disk Subsystem $4619 (Feb. '96)
36.4GB Disk Subsystem $9534 (Feb. '96)
4.8GB RAID (0,1,3,5) $8152 (Feb. '96)
8.8GB RAID (0,1,3,5) $10,089 (Feb. '96)
17.2GB RAID (0,1,3,5) $11,389 (Feb. '96)
34.4GB RAID (0,1,3,5) $18,957 (Feb. '96)
51.6GB RAID (0,1,3,5) $24,004 (Feb. '96)
(GSA# is GS-35F-4143D)
Legasys Systems International (was Legacy)
1006 Depot Hill Road, Suite 102
Broomfield, CO 80020
Phone: (800) 955-4229, (303) 469-6114; FAX: (303) 469-4699
California office: (714) 851-9984
http://legasys.com/
Contact:Rick Pickett
1.0GB (3.5") internal disk for Indigo2 $795 (June '95)
2.1GB (3.5") internal disk for Indigo2 $1310 (June '95)
9.0GB (5.25") external disk for Indigo2 $2985 (June '95)
2.1GB (3.5") internal disk for Indy $1045 (June '95)
Drive sleds for O2 $100 (May '97)
Rainer Malzbender <rainer@spot.colorado.edu> wrote:
`It's run by a guy named Rick Pickett who used to be with R Squared,
then with CompuPlus, and is now on his own. They focus on SGI stuff
and we've had good experience with them. The guys at CompuPlus, on
the other hand, were not very good. We've also stayed away from big
vendors like Andataco, preferring someone who knows Irises well.'
Mid-Atlantic Data Systems, Inc.
ATTN: Paul Hoy
847-A Quince Orchard Blvd.
Gaithersburg, Md 20878 (301) 590-0666
ESDI
2.1GB (3.5") internal disk $1029 (June '95)
(Fast SCSI-II, 8ms Seagate Barracuda ST32550N)
Jeremy Todd Dilatush <dilatush@raptor.sccs.swarthmore.edu> wrote:
"This disk wasn't sold for SGI systems; they seem to sell to
the PC compatible market. Drive didn't have a Indigo2 sled
and also didn't work after getting sled, so was sent back."
MTI
Chicago
Phone: (630)325-4151
Contact:Don Vargo
Minicomputer Exchange, Inc.
http://www.mce.com/
NPI - National Peripherals, Inc.
ATTN: Ken Been, Disk/Tape Subsystems
1111 Pasquinelli Drive - Suite 400
Westmont, IL 60559-1272
Phone: (708) 325-4151, FAX: (708) 325-4230
ESDI, SCSI, SCSI-II, SMD
`Here's one we've used for almost all our platforms...a good vendor
with excellent prices.'
nStor Corporation, Inc.(was Parity Systems Inc.)
450 Technology Park
Lake Mary, FL 32746
Phone (sales): (800) 724-3511, (407) 829-3500, FAX: (407) 829-3633
Canada
1595-16th Avenue
Suite 301
Richmond Hill, Ontario
LAB 3N9 Canada
Email: sales@nstor.com
http://www.nstor.com
SCSI Disks 300MB-1.2GB and Tapes 8mm & 1/4" also available.
Sell drive sleds for Indigo2 & Onyx
2GB 3.5" 7200RPM internal $1010 (April '96)
2GB 3.5" 7200RPM external $1055 (April '96)
4GB 3.5" 7200RPM internal $1214 (April '96)
4GB 3.5" 7200RPM external $1259 (April '96)
Open Storage Solutions
Halifax, Canada
Phone: (902) 423-2295
or
Indiana Contacts: John Richardson, Mike Daughters
8041 Knue Road
Indianapolis, IN 46250
Phone: (317) 841-7888
Email: johnr@indiana.openstore.com
http://www.openstore.com
4GB internal Seagate Cheetah $739 (Nov. '97)
Peripheral Solutions
108 DuBois Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: (800) 255-3475, 408-425-8280, Fax: 408-425-5792
Email: kimberly@alldisk.com
http://www.alldisk.com/
4GB 5400 RPM $675 (Feb. '97)
4GB 7200 RPM $1000 (Feb. '97)
4GB IBM 7200RPM with O2 sled (Quantum same $) $950 (Feb. '98)
9GB IBM 7200RPM with Origin 200 sled $1300 (Feb. '98)
5 yearr warranty on drives
RCH Products, Inc.
998 Old Eagle School Rd.
Suite 1211
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
Phone: (800) 238-6346, FAX: (610) 902-0410
Contact: Melisa Civitella, Email: melisac@rchproducts.com
Disks for Indy's, tape drives, & RAID's
4GB external Seagate $1329 (May '96)
9GB external Seagate $549 (May '00)
(5 year warranty)
Western Scientific
4631 Viewridge Ave.
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone: (800) 443-6699, 619-565-6699, Fax: 619-565-6938
Email: info@wsm.com
http://www.wsm.com
4GB 3.5" Fast 7200RPM + Indigo2 Sled $1160 (July '96)
ZZYZX Workstations & Peripherals
5893 Oberlin Dr., STE 104
San Diego, CA 92121
Phone:(800) 876-7818, (619) 558-7800, FAX: (619) 558-8283
North East territory: John Cusumano Email:will@zzyzx.com
South East territory: Mark McKinzie
North Central territory: Scott Hoyt
South Central territory: Mike Abshire
West Coast territory: Will J. Grupenhoff Email:will@zzyzx.com
Government Contracts: Diane McDonnell
http://www.zzyzx.com/
9 Gig Micropolus $3100 (April '95)
1GB Indigo2 internal (3 year war.) $535 (April '96)
1GB 3.5" disk external (3 year war.) $460 (April '96)
2.1GB 5400RPM Indigo2 internal $920 (April '96)
2.1GB 3.5" 5400RPM external $845 (April '96)
2.1GB 3.5" 7200RPM external $995 (April '96)
4.3GB 5400RPM Indigo2 internal $1310 (April '96)
4.3GB 3.5" 5400RPM external $1235 (April '96)
4.3GB 3.5" 7200RPM external $1330 (April '96)
4GB 3.5" Ultra 7200RPM with sled (ST34371N-5) $1125 (May '97)
9GB 3.5" Ultra 7200RPM with sled (ST19171N-5) $1739 (May '97)
4GB 3.5" Fast Wide Dif. (ST-15150WD) $1265 (July '96)
Indigo2 5.25" Sled $295 (July '96)
Onyx Sled $500 (July '96)
Dual enclosure ~$50 (May '96)
Quad 5.25" Half Height enclosure $235 (May '96)
Quad 5.25" Full Height enclosure (4*65W supply) $475 (April '97)
ITN GmbH
Flughafendamm 27
28199 Bremen, Germany
Email: itn@itn-bremen.de
http://www.itn-bremen.de/
nStor Corporation, Inc.(was Parity Systems Inc.)
International Sales
Tavistock House
34/36 Bronham Road
Bedford MK40 2QD
United Kingdom
Phone: +44(0)1234 213571
Fax: +44(0)1234 267715
OCF (Open Computers and Finance Limited)
Rotunda Business Centre,
Thorncliffe Park,
Chapeltown,
Sheffield,
England,
S30 4PH,
United Kingdom.
Phone: (+44) (0)1142 572200, FAX: (+44) (0)1142 571580
Email: jdoggart@ocf.co.uk
OCSL (Organised Computer Systems Limited)
East House,
New Pound Common,
Wisborough Green,
West Sussex,
England,
RH14 0AZ,
United Kingdom.
Phone: (+44) (0)1403 700959, FAX: (+44) (0)1403 700969
Email: info@ocsl.co.uk
Q Associates Limited
Langley Business Court,
Beedon,
Newbury,
Berkshire,
England,
RG20 8RY,
United Kingdom.
Phone: (+44) (0)1635 248181,
FAX: (+44) (0)1635 248697 (admin), (+44) (0)1635 247616 (sales)
Email: info@qassoc.co.uk
REALITY COMPUTING LIMITED
The Bothy, Albury Park, Albury, Guildford, Surrey GU5 9BH, UK
Phone: (+44) (0)1483 202051
FAX: (+44) (0)1483 203078
Email: info@reality-comp.co.uk
http://www.reality-comp.co.uk/
Silicon Graphics Authorised Reseller/Rental Supplier
also networking (100BaseT, Gigaswitches etc), memory upgrades etc
SGD PERIPHERALS LIMITED
TBAC Business Centre, Boston House, Grove Technology Park, Wantage OX12 9FF
Phone/FAX: (+44) (0)1235 766065
Email: sales@sgdp.co.uk
http://www.sgdp.co.uk/
Specialise in supplying a wide range of hardware upgrades and peripherals
for the complete range of Silicon Graphics workstations and servers.
Sweet Valley Solutions Ltd
East Lodge House,
116, High Street,Cranleigh,
Surrey,
England,
GU6 8RW,
United Kingdom.
Phone: (+44) (0)1483 273838, FAX: (+44) (0)1483 275983
Email: sales@sweet-valley.co.uk
Think-Tank & Co
http://http://www.thinktank.be/
Van Roey
http://http://www.vanroey.be/
My other SGI 3rd party hardware lists:
CD-ROM's,
DAT's,
Floppies/Flopticals,
Joysticks,
Magneto Opticals,
Memory,
CDR's (Writeable CD-ROM's),
DLT's (Digital Linear Tape),
Mice
If you have any additions, corrects, or updates to the above information, please email me at: blbates@vigyan.com, thanks.
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