Re: New disk, Disk balancing and 2748 controllers

["Sims, Ken" <KSIMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Stuart -

>Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 04:50:06 -0600
>From: "Allen, Stuart" <sallen@fellowes.com>
>Subject: New disk, Disk balancing and 2748 controllers
 ...
>Lastly, is anyone using the 2748 drive controller?  I have a bit of money
>left over and am wondering if it'd be beneficial to swap it one of the
>2741's. As i'd be using it in a 720 it would only work as Ultra SCSI rather
>than Ultra-2, but would still have the 6.5x improvement in cache size.
>Anyone got any opinions whether this alone would be worth it?

Since you are talking about running DSKBAL, I assume that you are not on
V4R4, as DSKBAL is replaced by a much more sophisticated balancing system in
V4R4.  This being the case, don't get a 2748 as it is not supported below
V4R4.  I found this out the hard way as the VAR screwed up our upgrade and
ordered us a 2748 even though we weren't going to be upgrading from V4R3 to
V4R4 until a month after the hardware upgrade. :(

Ken
Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of
my employer or anyone in their right mind.

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