Product specifications

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Table 1-2 NewsCutter and Media Recorder Storage Options
Options
Description See:
MediaDock chassis An enclosure that houses up to eight 3.5-inch
drives or up to four 5.25-inch drives. The
chassis can stand alone or be rack mounted.
Drives slide into slots and plug into a SCSI
bus in the chassis.
ÒConnecting the MediaDockÓ
on page 161
9-GB MediaDrives Individual 9-GB MediaDrives linked in a
single-ended SCSI chain connected to a
SiliconExpress IV board. Connect no more
than seven disks per SiliconExpress IV board.
ÒConnecting 9-GB MediaDrivesÓ
on page 158
Multidrive rack-
mountable storage
(MRS)
Provides multiple 9-GB drives enclosed in
rack-mounted enclosures.
ÒConnecting Storage DrivesÓ on
page 151
One MRS
enclosure
One MRS enclosure contains one to four 9-GB
disk drives. Use single-ended SCSI
connectors to link the MRS to a
SiliconExpress IV board.
ÒConnecting One MRS
EnclosureÓ on page 151
Two MRS
enclosures
Two MRS enclosures linked in a chain
provide a total of Þve to seven 9-GB disk
drives. Use single-ended SCSI connectors to
link the MRS enclosures to a SiliconExpress
IV board.
ÒConnecting T
wo MRS
EnclosuresÓ on page 152