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From: cetron@utah-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: 5 to 20Mb/s discs for VAX under VMS - suggestions/reviews
Message-ID: <4179@utah-cs.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 17-Jan-87 16:42:12 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 17 16:42:12 1987
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Organization: Center for Engineering Design, Univ of Utah
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In article <84@gec-rl-hrc.co.uk> trw@gec-rl-hrc.co.uk (Trevor Wright Marconi Baddow) writes:
>Has anyone got a review of reecommended disc drives for VAX under VMS
>which provide between 5 and 20Mbyte/sec performance or can u suggest
>any.

	WHY????  I recall that the max bandwith of a Qbus is about 4Mbyte/sec
in block mode DMA, the Unibus is down around 2.2 Mbyte/sec, the massbuss was
only about 4 Mbyte/sec, and the even the great glorious (-: BI bus is about
13 Mbytes/sec and none of dec's controllers are near that fast...