Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 17:33:22 -0400 From: dledford@redhat.com To: "J. Alan Eldridge" <alane@wozzle.geeksrus.net> Cc: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: aha2930u2 Message-ID: <375AE922.52EB8FE3@redhat.com> References: <199906042218.SAA11233@wozzle.geeksrus.net>
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"J. Alan Eldridge" wrote:
>
> I have a stock aha2940. I'm looking to get a second card, and maybe to replace
> the 2940 as well.
>
> Question, to those in the know, is: would I get any improvement with standard
> SCSI2 drives on a 2930U2? I would guess not.
If you had multiple regular SCSI 2 drives on an Ultra2 controller you would
still see some improvement. The Ultra2 controllers have a lower latency DMA
Scatter/Gather fetch mechanism than the older controllers had and perform
better when under larger loads.
--
Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
Opinions expressed are my own, but
they should be everybody's.
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