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Article #2788Re: Alternate IPI disks in a Sun
From: Hugh LaMaster
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1990 22:07
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1990 22:07
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In article <5048@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg) writes: >is that Sun uses the SABER drive which is rated 3MB/Sec, and doesn't >buy much over the best SMD and SCSI subsystems that are out. Yes, the rumor is at least partially true, since at least *some* of the Sun disks are Sabre IPI disks. But, most companies, Sun included, reserve the right to change sources to handle supply/cost/reliability issues. Anyway, there is a good reason to use IPI, whatever the source: The throughput is much faster using IPI on Sun systems, anyway. Highly recommended for people with disk performance problems. Hugh LaMaster, m/s 233-9, UUCP ames!lamaster NASA Ames Research Center ARPA lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov Moffett Field, CA 94035 Phone: (415)604-6117
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!apple!sun-barr!ames!ames.arc.nasa.gov!lamaster From: lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Hugh LaMaster) Newsgroups: comp.periphs Subject: Re: Alternate IPI disks in a Sun Message-ID: <43841@ames.arc.nasa.gov> Date: 27 Feb 90 22:07:52 GMT References: <5048@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> Sender: usenet@ames.arc.nasa.gov Organization: NASA - Ames Research Center Lines: 19