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From: perry@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Perry Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Experience sought with large HP 9000 clusters
Message-ID: <5570230@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 30 Jun 89 16:59:01 GMT
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Re: 30 cnodes/cluster.

You might have physical problems with the LAN cable.  Each connector
causes attenuation, so the signal-to-noise may be pretty low at the end.
Avoid using barrel connectors for splicing - just use a longer cable.

We used a repeater, but as previously mentioned, cable breaks on the
server cable will cause cnodes on the other cables to go away.

Perry Scott