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- From: mikebo@i88.isc.com (Michael Borowiec)
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- Subject: Re: Prestoserv VS Buffered SCSI/Ethernet controller [was: Prestoserv?]
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.174034.23935@i88.isc.com>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 17:40:34 GMT
- References: <1992Aug14.042821.18360@cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> <66105@hydra.gatech.EDU> <MRD.92Aug16161915@morsel.stdavids.picker.com>
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- In article <MRD.92Aug16161915@morsel.stdavids.picker.com> mrd@morsel.stdavids.picker.com (Michael DeCorte) writes:
- >
- >Does anyone have knowldege/opinions of the various merits of the
- >Prestoserv card vs the new buffered SCSI/Ethernet card Sun came out
- >with.
- >
- >Larry McVoy wrote a paper "Hardware support for high performance file
- >systems" In it he concluded that the buffered SCSI card should be
- >better than the Prestoserv card.
- >
- >Does anybody know if the buffered SCSI card that Sun is selling would
- >match Larry McVoy's requirements?
- >
- >--
- >mrd@stdavids.picker.com
- >Michael DeCorte
-
- The S-Bus card you are refering to is a "SCSI/Buffered Ethernet" or
- SBE/S card (501-1869). It has a SCSI-2 interface and a buffered
- ethernet - not a buffered SCSI.
- - Mike
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