JS> I am planning to add a 2 gigabyte hard disk to our Novell
JS> Netware 3.11 server, which already has 2 1 gigabyte hard disk. All of
JS> this will be handled by 1 SCSI controller card.
JS> I was just wondering if there is a better configuration.
Better in this case is subjective. One tactic for speeding up servers is to
open additional data channels. If your traffic is heavy and your data readily
partitioned into at least two distinct groups, you can see a moderate
throughput increase with an additional SCSI adapter. However, even a single
SCSI adapter can overwhelm even the fastest network adapter, so an additional
NIC or two would preceed the additional SCSI adapter.
JS> Will this present configuration slow
JS> down our system?
Heavens no.
Jeff
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