From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Aug 10 09:54:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA00839 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 09:54:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from artorius.sunflower.com (artorius.sunflower.com [24.124.0.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA00834 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 09:54:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd-isp@artorius.sunflower.com) Received: from artorius.sunflower.com (artorius.sunflower.com [24.124.0.6]) by artorius.sunflower.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA14245 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 11:54:24 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bsd-isp@artorius.sunflower.com) Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:06:37 -0500 (CDT) From: "Stephen D. Spencer" To: bsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: questions concerning SCSI configuration on INN 2.x server Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, I am writing to inquire after the experience of others (aren't we all? :) In a couple days I will be taking delivery of 7 nine-gig UW drives for usenet server enhancement. I realize that wide drives don't really do much for news. I asked for 5 Seagate 1914N's to augment what I already have (2 of these models + 3 four-gig barracudas) So the IS guy decided to take an "initiative" last Thursday to purchase these other drives (I guess they're a couple hundred cheaper... dunno... anyway...) My question concerns the coexistance of narrow and wide devices on the same controller. The existing drives are all narrow. Given the existance of 3 adaptec 2940UW controllers, what is the best way to connect these drives? I understand that there's a cabling length difference between narrow and wide devices--that wide chains suffered from a shorter cable length than the narrow. That being the case, is it as simple as adhering to the wide length restriction or is there a particular order in chaining (either external or internal--both will be used) narrow with wide. Thanks in advance. Regards, Stephen --------------------------------------------------------------------- - Stephen Spencer finger gladiatr@artorius.sunflower.com for - - administrator PGP key. - - Sunflower Datavision http://www.sunflower.com - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message