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In article <42l1dh$494@clarknet.clark.net>, <tsr@clark.net> writes:
 
> At one of our client's sites, we're ready to deploy a new (upgrade) of
> probably either 4.1 or 3.12.  Since the existing disk subsystem is
> duplexed (a pair of Adaptec AHA-1542's and a pair of Seagate 1.02 GB SCSI
> drives), it is only logical that they want to go with a duplexed 
> configuration again, rather than a RAID array due to cost considerations.
> 
> The equipment that was specified were:
> 
> 2 Adaptec AHA-2940 PCI host adapters
> 2 4.x GB SCSI drives, either Seagate's HAWK (ST15230N) or Quantum
> Intel Advanced/ZP ("Zappa") 75 MHz
> 32-48 MB of RAM min.
> 
> Anybody here have any horror (or success) stories of using the AHA-2940's 
> in a duplex environment with any of the above drives on a PCI bus?

OH - YES come to me, and I will tell you horror-stories.
I have experiencet quite a lot of problem with this combination ( I used some 
bigger disk - but that shouldn't matter)

The only thing you should be aware of is :
- Make sure that you FS has a lot of memory 
- Make sure, that you will get the newest firmware release in your Adaptec 
controlleres. (AHA controllers have a (major) bug in them. When it comes to 
intensive diskload on the server, it can cause the server to abend or the 
disk's to deactivate).

Good Lock !
(My servers works fine now ! )

Regards.

Henrik Flindt