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- 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
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <muno.724719686@aeolus.aem.umn.edu>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 04:16:54 GMT
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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.
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- 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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