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From: km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: SCSI monitors
Message-ID: <5846@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>
Date: 1 Jul 90 20:17:47 GMT
Organization: Math & Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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I saw a scsi monitor advertised for about $850. This is a box that
plugs into the scsi bus and displays some info on a built in lcd
screen. At very least it shows the last command, I'm not sure what else
from the ad. They do show some pictures of the box monitoring an
exabyte, where the lcd shows transfer rate, error rate, and space
remaining.  In fact the display looks a lot like the built in lcd that
some exabyte resellers include in the box.

Can anyone comment on how useful this sort of scsi monitor is? It
strikes me that it would help diagnose some gross problems, but would
be pretty useless with problems that occur in the middle of a lot of
traffic.

At half the price, to me it would be a clear buy, even if I just used
it to monitor an exabyte most of the time.  At $850 it takes a bit more
thought, which is why I'm asking for feedback. In fact if anyone knows
of a lower cost unit, I would like to hear about it.

If your wondering why I haven't mentioned the company name, its nothing
subtle. The ad is not where I can get to it at the moment.
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