Hi Duncan,
On Wednesday 21 December 2011 20:54:47 DSinc wrote:
> Gaffer,
> At the risk of local flames, Josh quit SCSI cuz it got too expensive.
> Most everybody else in our Collective did too for the same
> reason!
Yes scsi is expensive without a doubt !
> I understand; and, agree. All my 'stuff' is old (+10yrs).
> I keep at it cuz I've been in it/using it since 1972.
> No harm! No foul! Please!
> 'Tis the Season to be jolly!!!!
Like you I started with scsi way way back. At that time scsi just out
performed other disk drive technologies. Long before networking became
common it was practical to be able to share multiple drives across
multiple machines.
> I keep at this because my project PC has already accepted an
> Adaptec 29160 controller. This gives me the best chance of
> success I believe.
>
> Sadly, my root drive (9GB) is running short of room w/WinXP.
> I've culled as much as I feel comfortable with ATM.
Upto getting the four 15K Seagates my biggest drive was 2 x 4Gb + 1 x
9Gb + 1 x 36Gb. I had and still have 2 scsi CD drives, 1 a reader and
1 a writer.
> I am doing case research now. Not sure I can play the cables
> needed to do proper LVD/SE for the new planned drives.
> Yes, the planned drives are old drives used for many past years.
> Thank you for the response.
> Best of the Season,
> Duncan
The cables are very pricey as well but they are usually good quality and
trouble free. The ability to stick 15 devices onto the bus is very
handy. Make sure that you use an active termination for best
performance.
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Running Open SuSE 11.1 KDE 3.5.10 Desktop.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
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