Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!delluk!tim From: tim@dell.co.uk (Tim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi Subject: Re: Disk Arrays Message-ID: Date: 14 Mar 91 13:53:17 GMT References: <1991Mar12.041954.15534@neon.Stanford.EDU> Sender: usenet@delluk.uucp (Usenet posting login) Organization: Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell, UK Lines: 25 In <1991Mar12.041954.15534@neon.Stanford.EDU> kaufman@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman) writes: >Are there any disk arrays in production (commercial) yet? Yes - the Dell Drive Array. Support for up to 10 physical drives. Logical drives may consist of up to 5 physical drives (with or without one drive used for data-guarding). The drives used are IDE. The controller is an EISA controller which emulates the Adaptec SCSI controller making the beast usable for most OSes straightaway. If anybody wants more information please mail to info@uudell.dell.com. >Who will be the first to offer 32-bit SCSI-2 (40 MB/sec transfer)? Good question ! If you find out - please post. >What chips are available (if any) for array controllers -- I presume >this would use IPI-2 or ST-506 at the disk level(?) The Dell controller uses an Intel i960 with 512k rom at the heart. As to the rest, you'd best ask Dell US since they designed it and I didn't :-). >(looking for faster I/O) >Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Neon.stanford.edu) Tim Wright -- Tim Wright, Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell | Domain: tim@dell.co.uk Berkshire, UK, RG12 1RW. Tel: +44-344-860456 | Uucp: ...!ukc!delluk!tim Nobody ever said I was charming before. They said, "Rimmer, you're a total git" - Red Dwarf, "Camille".