HP 7900A Disk Drive Emulation
The Arraid AEM-7C system provides a new and warranted equipment replacement for aging and refurbished HP 7900A disk drives connected to an HP 13210 Disk Controller. The AEM-7C is plug-compatible with the original HP 7900A drive, while using current and reliable SCSI drive technology to store data. No host system software or controller changes are required to replace a refurbished 7900A drive with the AEM-7C. The AEM-7C provides a complete bridge between the host HP 13210 controller and the AEM's SCSI drives. These drives have been used on HP-1000 computers in a variety of applications. The HP 7900A is a combination fixed platter and removable cartridge drive of 5MB capacity. While refurbished 7900A replacement drives are available, refurbished drives commonly fail within a few months resulting in system down time. The AEM-7C is provided as new equipment, with a warranty, and MTBF of 200,000+ hours. Additional AEM-7C options include backup, restore, and multi-volume (provides several HP 7900A disk partitions on a single SCSI media). No refurbished HP 7900A drive can match the reliability, features and customer support provided by choosing the AEM-7C to replace your aging HP 7900A disk drive. Contact Arraid today to learn more about new drive replacements for aging computer systems.
The AEM-7C is available in a 19" rack mount chassis. The configuration shown here replaces both fixed and removable platters with MO drives.
Features and Benefits
- Replaces aging and refurbished HP 7900A drives with new SCSI drives.
- Additional features such as backup, restore, multi-volume, and removable SCSI media can be added.
- Easy to install. No hardware or software changes required, other than the drive itself.
- Can replace or be added to existing drives.
- Operating system, application and diagnostic software are supported as is.
- An LED or Alpha-Numeric Operator Panel provides the same controls as the original drive.
- Minimal Operator training required.
- Reduced power consumption verses the old drive.
- High reliability with near zero maintenance required.
- Greater computer system availability with lower cost of ownership.
- HP data can be stored to 3.5" magneto optical cartridges.
- With disk head alignment no longer an issue, media may be moved from drive to drive without concern for readability.
- MO media is archive quality, impervious to EMI and dirt, yielding both reliable media distribution and
a 25+ year shelf life.
For More Information
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