[9340] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: IDE-to-SCSI hardware converter and semi-hotplugging
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc SCHAEFER)
Wed Aug 9 17:44:10 2000
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
From: Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch>
Date: 9 Aug 2000 23:30:14 +0200
Message-ID: <8msih6$10j$1@vulcan.alphanet.ch>
Steffen Grunewald <steffen@gfz-potsdam.de> wrote:
> simultaneously. Using two SCSI hostadapters, it would thus be
> possible to access 14 disks at the same time, more than IDE
> interfaces would allow - and without the geometry hassle, we hope.
The CERN has created a setup where they have 20 IDE disks connected to
the same PC, by using a motherboard with 6 PCI slots, full of
IDE controllers, with an on-board network adapter.
> How reliable are those converter beasts?
Aren't those expensive ?
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