teoh@uicbert.eecs.uic.edu (09/21/90)
According the ad. specs, the controller (12F or 32F) is capable of getting the average of 20mbps. It has 32K cache though it may have only little use for UNIX but works great for DOS. The price and performance ratio is pretty good. I'm planning to have a combo of Ultrastor and Maxtor 8380E, is this configuration allowed for use w/ SVR4? Any other recommendations? Vendors' advice is welcome. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hai-Chuan Teoh * Email: teoh@uicbert.eecs.uic.edu Electrical Engr & Computer Sci * Tel: (312) 930-1942 Univ of Illinois * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
jrh@mustang.dell.com (James Howard) (09/25/90)
In article <1990Sep21.021133.8518@uicbert.eecs.uic.edu>, teoh@uicbert.eecs.uic.edu writes: > According the ad. specs, the controller (12F or 32F) is capable of > getting the average of 20mbps. It has 32K cache though it may have > only little use for UNIX but works great for DOS. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I don't understand this statement, it makes no sense. The cache is very beneficial to both, although it would tend to make MORE of a difference under UNIX than DOS. There is usually a lot more disk I/O under UNIX than a normal dos machine. > The price and performance ratio is pretty good. > > I'm planning to have a combo of Ultrastor and Maxtor 8380E, > is this configuration allowed for use w/ SVR4? > Any other recommendations? Vendors' advice is welcome. This controller works very well under both V3.2 and V4 (at least our version ;-) anyway). James Howard Dell Computer Corp. !'s:uunet!dell!mustang!jrh (512) 343-3480 9505 Arboretum Blvd @'s:jrh@mustang.dell.com Austin, TX 78759-7299