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Conference ssag::ask_ssag

Title:Ask the Storage Architecture Group
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Moderator:SSAG::TERZAN
Created:Wed Oct 15 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6756
Total number of notes:25276

6673.0. "Controller Comparisons ???" by APACHE::ROY (I don't drive fast, I fly low) Fri May 09 1997 09:08

    
    	I'd like to get a few opinions here if I may.....
    
    	Putting a fair amount of disks on systems.  I can either go with
    resident controllers on the PCI bus, each controlling its own set of
    shelves.  Or, go with a HSZ setup?  So, my questions are:
    
    	1.  PCI controller or HSZ?
    
    	2.  If PCI controller, HW raid or not,  and why?
    
    	3.  Which PCI controller is best with the HSZ?  Why?
    
    	4.  If PCI controller, single port or multi port?
    
    	5.  I'm leaning very heavily on Ultra Scsi if I can.   :)
    
    	What I'm trying to understand is the why's and wherefores of each
    major component.
    
    	thanks, Glenn
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