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To: Bob Loftus <bobster@primenet.com>
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Subject: Re: Adaptec2940UW vs. BusLogicBT-958 (opinions?) 
In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 12 Jun 1996 09:41:44 PDT.
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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 22:13:56 -0400
From: "Jacob M. Parnas" <jparnas@jparnas.cybercom.net>
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In message <Pine.BSD.3.91.960612093106.6005A-100000@usr2.primenet.com>you write:
>On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Jacob M. Parnas wrote:
>> Would you please elaborate a bit on the logic?  I don't see why with up to
>> 15 devices, you couldn't fill up 40MB/sec for a fast/wide/ultra SCSI III bus?
>> Especially with some raids counting as one large SCSI device?
>I did.  http://www.nexial.nl/cgi-bin/bsdi  search for "fast wide scsi 
>paul vixie"  That should do it. One would have to question the wisdom of 
>putting that many devices in a chain on one bus. But hey maybe you could 
>teach me something, I'm sure no expert. Yet. ;->
>Regards,
>Bob...
>

Well, lets look at what I'm using now.  I have a SCSI-I bus on my Sun 
Sparcstation 2.  I'm using all 7 slots (2 207 MB 3 1/2" drives that came
with the system, an exabyte tape drive, a 1xCDROM, a Tanberg 1/4" 150 MB tape
drive, 2 elite 1.6 gigabyte 5 1/4" drives.).  I'm also out of space.  If
I wanted to add a faster 2nd CDrom, I'd have to take something out.  If I
wanted to add more disk space, I'd be out of slots.  If I wanted to add a 
scanner or DVD drive, I'd be stuck, etc.  Plus, its faster.  The bus is not
so expensive at about $230.  

Jacob