joerg@uunet.uu.net (Joerg Messer) (10/20/89)
Does anyone know whether there are any technical reasons for Sun's refusal to sell its SMD-4 controllers with the SPARCstation 330? My understanding was that the only important difference between the 330 and the 370, on which Sun supports the SMD-4, was the number of expansion slots. Since I have no experience with SPARC machines, I'm a little hesitant about putting together a system configuration that Sun claims they don't support unless I have strong evidence indicating things will work. Unfortunately, we need the superior performance of the SMD configuration, but can't effort a SPARCstation 370. I would be interested in the experiences of anyone who actually has an SMD-4 plugged into a SPARCstation 330. In addition, I would also be interested in hearing from anyone who can provide a comparison of SCSI/SMD disk performance on the 330. Joerg Messer joerg@bdc.ubc.ca Biosciences Data Centre ...ubc-cs!ubc-bdcvax!joerg University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada Ph: (604) 228-6527