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many SCSI disks on 2100s?

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From: Steve_Lammert
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 1990 18:24
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We have several DECstation 2100s with multiple SCSI disks.
These are server machines, typically with a small boot/usr/swap disk
and several larger disks for file storage.  An example would be
one Connor 3100 disk (internal) and three WREN VIIs (external).

I'd like to add a fourth WREN VII to these systems, but worry
about the ability of the 2100 to handle this configuration.

Discounting cable length limits (which I know about)
and configuring the kernel properly to handle the disk (also known),
can anyone forsee any problems with adding the fourth external disk
(for a total of five reasonably fast SCSI disks)?

Is anyone successfully pushing a 2100 as a file server with
a similar configuration?

Thanks.

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