RE: New disk, Disk balancing and 2748 controllers

I am on V4R3 at the moment, but am going to R4 (probably the day before)
What did you do? Swap it for a 2741 or bump up the upgrade?

Regards,
Stuart
                                     
Stuart Allen
European Systems Analyst
Fellowes

mailto:sallen@fellowes.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sims, Ken [SMTP:KSIMS@SOUTHERNWINE.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 6:29 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: New disk, Disk balancing and 2748 controllers
> 
> 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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