From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Nov 5 16:55:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA06210 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 16:55:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from brasil.moneng.mei.com (brasil.moneng.mei.com [151.186.109.160]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA06205 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 16:55:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jgreco@localhost) by brasil.moneng.mei.com (8.7.Beta.1/8.7.Beta.1) id SAA07596; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 18:53:04 -0600 From: Joe Greco Message-Id: <199611060053.SAA07596@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Subject: Re: /usr/obj size To: richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Veggy Vinny) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 18:53:03 -0600 (CST) Cc: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, michaelv@MindBender.serv.net, isp@FreeBSD.org, chad@gaianet.net, johnnyu@accessus.net, mario1@PrimeNet.Com In-Reply-To: from "Veggy Vinny" at Nov 5, 96 04:48:59 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Two drives each with half the cache of a larger drive have the same amount > > of cache, total, as the larger drive. > > > > Two drives have twice the heads of a larger drive. > > > > Two drives do not cost too much more than the larger drive. Let us say it > > costs 30% more. > > > > If you buy the larger drive and find it is too slow, you buy the two > > smaller drives and then you have spent 130% more. (But you have an > > additional drive.) > > Actually, the smaller drives are cheaper now. But I guess it > depends on how much room you have left for your computer's pci slots for > controller cards as well. Then you buy AHA-3940 "dual channel" SCSI controllers. Or you beg the SCSI gods to support the AHA-3985 "triple channel" SCSI controller, which probably wouldn't be too hard from what folks have said in the past. ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/546-7968