Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!lll-winken!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!mailrus!rutgers!apple!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!att!cbnews!mvadh From: mvadh@cbnews.ATT.COM (andrew.d.hay) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general Subject: Re: 3B1 Expansions - where'd they all go? Keywords: scsi hardware 2010 2nd drive upgrade Message-ID: <5083@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 23 Mar 89 15:44:39 GMT References: <635@shade.UUCP> Reply-To: mvadh@cbnews.ATT.COM (andrew.d.hay) Distribution: unix-pc Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 14 In article <635@shade.UUCP> steveb@shade.Ann-Arbor.MI.US (Steve Barber) writes: [] "6) Is the Western Digital controller ([12]010) bright enough to be able to " handle simultaneous requests for both drives at once? Or can it only " handle one request at a time? yes (seeks, anyway) -- but i don't think the kernel is smart enough to *issue* overlapping requests (:^<)... -- Andrew Hay +------------------------------------------------------+ Null Fu-Tze | LEARN HOW TO AVOID RIPOFFS! | AT&T-BL Ward Hill MA | SEND $5... | mvuxq.att.com!adh +------------------------------------------------------+