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In article <1992Sep22.184314.90171@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>, russell@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes:
>
>	Hi,
>	   I am interested in finding out about the new (8) port cards
>that DEC are now offering in the HSC60s and HSC90s.
>	   Do they operate in a different way with the Pioc than the older
>(4) port types eg HSC5X-DAs. My understanding is that only one device on
>any given requestor can transfer data on to the HSCs internal data bus at
>a time so surely using (2) HSC5X-DAs would yield greater throughput than
>using (1) HSC9X-FA the (8) port card.
>	   Any one got a comment here ? 
>					Thanks,
>						Russell Keil

The reply that follows is from one of the HSC engineers.

>>>
>>> The above statement is true but unless the transfer size is very large
>>> the noticable performance in most applications would be minimum. The 
>>> main issue with the HSC9X-FA is greater connectivity, the HSC90 could
>>> have 16 more drives connected.
>>>

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