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Date:      Wed, 06 Mar 1996 22:20:14 -0800
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org>
To:        Terry Dwyer <tdwyer@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-questions@freefall.freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Embedded SCSI controller on HP netserver LC 
Message-ID:  <199603070620.WAA08140@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 07 Mar 1996 12:45:06 %2B0800." <Pine.BSI.3.90.960307123748.24742D@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au> 

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>Justin, thanks for the quick answer.  
>
>In terms of performance, do you have any idea how the aic7770 compares to
>the aic7870.  This box will probably run a (relatively) small newsfeed,
>lightly used web & ftp server, X, (it's my workstation), and provide a real
>ftp client for the DOS users whose ws-ftp and netscape ftp sessions fall 
>over under windoze all the time.  8-)

For a single disk, you will probably never know the difference.  For
multiple disks, the 7870 with its space for 16 transactions instead of
four will offer slightly better performance.  How much more is hard to
say.

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Justin T. Gibbs
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