Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ucbvax!TRANSARC.COM!Steve_Lammert From: Steve_Lammert@TRANSARC.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: many SCSI disks on 2100s? Message-ID: Date: 4 Dec 90 18:24:19 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 26 We have several DECstation 2100s with multiple SCSI disks. These are server machines, typically with a small boot/usr/swap disk and several larger disks for file storage. An example would be one Connor 3100 disk (internal) and three WREN VIIs (external). I'd like to add a fourth WREN VII to these systems, but worry about the ability of the 2100 to handle this configuration. Discounting cable length limits (which I know about) and configuring the kernel properly to handle the disk (also known), can anyone forsee any problems with adding the fourth external disk (for a total of five reasonably fast SCSI disks)? Is anyone successfully pushing a 2100 as a file server with a similar configuration? Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Lammert | Gulf Tower | Internet: shl@transarc.com Facilities Coordinator | 707 Grant Street | Voice: +1 412 338-4443 Transarc Corporation | Pittsburgh PA 15219 | FAX: +1 412 338-4404 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "No matter where you go, there you are." -- Buckaroo Banzai ----------------------------------------------------------------------------