All three drives are using the same SCSI card, on the same controller. The
boot drive is IDE, however, not included in these backups speeds.
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>From: Jon Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: retro-talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Retro Speed
>Date: Wed, Aug 16, 2000, 4:42 PM
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> on 8/16/2000 3:06 PM, Matt Barkdull at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>>> Back up rates differ using: G4/ 400, DDS-4, shared 10Base-T Ethernet. 80
>>> MB/min on first volume, 187 MB/min on second volume, and 93 MB/ min on
>>> third. All three volumes on server. What would cause the difference in the
>>> speed?
>>
>> 80 to 93 is not much, but the 187 would almost indicate that you have
>> a fast hard drive.
>>
>> Are they three separate disk? If so, are they connected to SCSI card?
>>
>> Since the tape drive is most likely SCSI, I would guess that the
>> drive that got 187MB/min is also SCSI and on the same card. That
>> would account for the speed difference.
>
> Actually, the 187Mb/min drive would be on a different controller than the
> tape drive, and the lower speeds would be on the same controller. If the
> boot drive is an IDE drive and you only have one SCSI card, then the
> 187Mb/min is probably the boot drive. Am I right?
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