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Date:      Tue, 5 Nov 1996 19:36:45 -0600 (CST)
From:      Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
To:        richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Veggy Vinny)
Cc:        jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, michaelv@MindBender.serv.net, isp@FreeBSD.org, chad@gaianet.net, johnnyu@accessus.net, mario1@PrimeNet.Com
Subject:   Re: /usr/obj size
Message-ID:  <199611060136.TAA07662@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.PTX.3.95.961105171257.4315n-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> from "Veggy Vinny" at Nov 5, 96 05:14:03 pm

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> > 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.
> 
> 	Hmmm, is there even a triple channel SCSI controller available?

Adaptec is your Very Expensive Good Friend.

http://www.adaptec.com/raid/aha3985.html

Note: this is basically three 2940's and some extra logic that might allow
it to do hardware parity calculations.  Ignoring the RAID stuff means that
it should be possible to use it as a three channel SCSI controller,
occupying a single slot.

Or go for a PCI board with 5 PCI slots.

... JG



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