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From: jack@cwi.nl (Jack Jansen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.periphs,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Mass storage for microvax II
Message-ID: <7621@boring.cwi.nl>
Date: 26 Aug 88 09:23:00 GMT
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We're looking for some mass-storage for a microvax II, something
cheaper that the stuff DEC is offering.

We've looked at the Hitachi DK815-10 ESMD drive, which looks big
and fast enough for our needs.

However, we haven't yet figured out which controller to choose.

So, my questions:
- What are good Q-bus ESMD controllers, also from software point of
  view (this machine isn't running unix, so we'll have to write our
  own driver).
  Note: fancy buffering on the controller is not a plus, the machine
  will be a dedicated disk server with 16-64Mb disk cache anyway.
- Is this DK815-10 a reasonable drive or is there something else
  we should go for.

Thanks in advance, and I'll summarize on request, of course.
	Jack Jansen, jack@cwi.nl (or jack@mcvax.uucp)
	The shell is my oyster.