From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 12 05:35:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id FAA29106 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Jun 1996 05:35:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jparnas.cybercom.net (jparnas.cybercom.net [205.198.82.58]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA29098 for ; Wed, 12 Jun 1996 05:35:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.cybercom.net (localhost.cybercom.net [127.0.0.1]) by jparnas.cybercom.net (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id IAA12473; Wed, 12 Jun 1996 08:35:00 -0400 Message-Id: <199606121235.IAA12473@jparnas.cybercom.net> X-Authentication-Warning: jparnas.cybercom.net: Host localhost.cybercom.net didn't use HELO protocol To: Bob Loftus cc: "Aaron D. Gifford" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, bsdi-users@bsdi.com X-External-Networks: yes Subject: Re: Adaptec2940UW vs. BusLogicBT-958 (opinions?) In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 11 Jun 1996 16:35:39 PDT. Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 08:34:57 -0400 From: "Jacob M. Parnas" Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message you write: >I believe that Paul Vixie has expounded quite masterfully on this topic >in the past, check the bsdi-users archive @ nexial.nl as I recall it >doesn't really matter, and you can't possibly keep the scsi bus busy >enough to warrant it. "Wide SCSI is just for those suffering from >spec-envy." "Wide SCSI has lovely marketing, I guess. Everybody wants it, >nobody needs it." -- Paul Vixie >Have fun... 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? Trying to understand, Jacob