Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 07:42:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Viren Shah <vshah@rstcorp.com> To: hardware@freebsd.org, richard@pegasus.com Cc: viren@viren.org Subject: Re: 3.2-stable SCSI caching controller? Message-ID: <199907261142.HAA74503@jabberwock.rstcorp.com> In-Reply-To: <199907240121.PAA19041@pegasus.com>
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> >} >} We currently have a 2.2.6-BETA NFS server which we are >} planning to upgrade to 3.2-stable. >} >} We are looking for a caching SCSI controller (currently >} it uses the onboard 7880 wide controller). [...] > >Why? > Mainly because it is an NFS server, and my belief is that the more that the controller caches, the faster (hopefully) the servers I/O performance should be. Am I mistaken in this? If so, I would like to know why this doesn't hold true. >Sticking with mainstream hardware, wherever possible, is a very >good idea when dealing with pc-Unix. Well, DPT seems mainstream enough (at least in the FreeBSD community). Thanks Viren -- viren@viren.org viren@rstcorp.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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