From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Nov 5 17:39:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA07965 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 17:39:11 -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 RAA07951 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 17:39:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jgreco@localhost) by brasil.moneng.mei.com (8.7.Beta.1/8.7.Beta.1) id TAA07662; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 19:36:45 -0600 From: Joe Greco Message-Id: <199611060136.TAA07662@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Subject: Re: /usr/obj size To: richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Veggy Vinny) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 19:36:45 -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 05:14:03 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > 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