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Article #30Re: Mixing SCSI 1 and Fast SCSI 2 devices
From: Dave Olson
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 04:16
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 04:16
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In <muno.724719686@aeolus.aem.umn.edu> muno@aem.umn.edu (Ray Muno) writes:
| Is it true there will be a performance penalty if older SCSI devices are
| on the same SCSI bus with newer Fast SCSI 2 devices?
No, it is not true. The slow devices run at whatever speed they
can, the fast devices run at their speed. Now, if you have more
devices * speed per device than there is bus bandwidth, the slower
devices *might* be a bottleneck, but they aren't a performance
penalty.
--
Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!ames!sgi!twilight!zola!zuni!anchor!olson From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) Subject: Re: Mixing SCSI 1 and Fast SCSI 2 devices Message-ID: <tpd2rl0@zuni.esd.sgi.com> Keywords: SCSI Sender: news@zuni.esd.sgi.com (Net News) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA References: <muno.724719686@aeolus.aem.umn.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 04:16:54 GMT Lines: 14