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In article <3ramqe$7rd@news4.primenet.com>, <hbae@Primenet.Com> writes:
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> From: hbae@Primenet.Com (Hansang Bae)
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,bit.listserv.novell,comp.os.novell.misc
> Subject: Re: File Corruption
> Date: 9 Jun 1995 23:51:42 GMT
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> lti@garnet.msen.com (Limno-Tech Inc.) writes:
> >We are running a 4.1 server (P90 /w 48M of ram) and are experienceing 
> >file corruption. We are not using file compression at the moment. 
> >Server 
> >P90 w/ 48M
> >2 3C509 Combo cards
> >1 Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI-2 controller
> >1 seagate barracuda 4.0G scsi drive
> >1 micropolis scsi 1or2? drive
> 
> You have a P90 server and yet are using an ISA NIC that uses PIO to
> tranfer information.  You may want into look into another NIC.
> 
> It seems like you have 5.7 gigs worth of HD space.  Don' know how much
> is being used, but 48megs is a bit on the skimpy side, to put it mildly.
> of course since you are using 4.1, it alleviates the problem a bit but
> still...... more memory should be HIGH on the next wish list.
> 
> >These files have gone bad sometimes in a matter of minutes after saving
> >or days. People can not open the files(in excel or word) On the console
> >the server does not say the the files are corrupt, but the programs will 
> >not open these files. 
> >Files are going bad on both disks, so I believe that the physical disks are
> >ok. 
> 
> MAke sure that you ahve the latest adaptec drivers (ftp.adaptec.com).
> Also, make sure that your parity is enabled in the scsi setup.  
> 
> Are you using any switches when loading your adaptec *.DSK nlms?
> 
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> 
Ahhh yes, another good point.
Make sure you're loading the adaptec drivers with "io_combine=1" and 
"above16=y" parameters.

Good point on the memory too.