Re: DASD Performance

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>At 03:35 PM 10/1/98 EDT, you wrote:
>>Hey Folks!
>>
>>I heard a _NASTY_ rumor last week, and wanted to confirm it here.  While
>we've
>>had our tuning differences here in the past (I prefer manual tuning, others
>>prefer QPFRADJ set on), one thing we've always agreed upon is that the number
>>of disc arms is important.  Now I hear that arms are irrelevant on the new
>>SCSI-based boxes, because the SCSI architecture will only access one drive at
>>a time.  Is this true?  If so, how does one tune hardware under this new
>>paradigm?  All the books still talk about arms!!!
>>
>Arms, arms, arms, arms.
>
>Al


I thought the arms race was over....

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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