From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Nov 5 21:25:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA18657 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 21:25:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.43.52]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA18648 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 21:25:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (richardc@localhost) by soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA27962; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 21:25:34 -0800 Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 21:25:33 -0800 (PST) From: Veggy Vinny To: Joe Greco cc: michaelv@MindBender.serv.net, isp@FreeBSD.org, chad@gaianet.net, johnnyu@accessus.net, mario1@PrimeNet.Com Subject: Re: /usr/obj size In-Reply-To: <199611060136.TAA07662@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Joe Greco wrote: > > > 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. Yeah, you pay a premium for a Adaptec. > 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. Hmmm, even with a PCI board with 5 PCI slots, you would need one for ethernet card as well as a video card so you still have only 3 left. Vince GaiaNet Corporation - Unix Networking Operations - GUS Mailing Lists Admin