[bit.listserv.novell] Caching disk controllers and DM-N

MJIM@ECNCDC.BITNET (02/04/90)

> CompuAdd has an ad for their ESDI HardCache controller card that can have
> upto 4mb of RAM on the controller card for disk caching.  They are
> advertising the card and 330mb disk combo for $2385.  Has anyone used this
> controller card?  -- sunil desai    ssdesai@elbereth.rutgers.edu
We use On Track's Disk Manager-N to allow all of CompuAdd's 320MB Miniscribe
drive to be used (the drive has more than Netware 2.15's normal limit of 1024
cylinders).  While upgrading DM-N to the new version 3.04 required by Netware
2.15C, I asked On Track about using the CompuAdd caching controller, and was
told by their tech that the controller is incompatible with DM-N.
  -- Jim Strasma, Network Specialist @ Western Illinois University