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From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: 2.02 386/ix and SCSI drives
Summary: Slow; no read-ahead on Miniscribe 9380S?
Keywords: scsi and 386/ix
Message-ID: <1990Feb5.184814.221@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 5 Feb 90 18:48:14 GMT
References: <25c4d13e:497comp.unix.i386@nstar.UUCP> <1990Feb1.144901.1011@ddsw1 <25c973e3:497.4comp.unix.i386;1@nstar.UUCP>
Reply-To: karl@mcs.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Organization: Macro Computer Solutions, Inc. - Mundelein, IL
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In article <25c973e3:497.4comp.unix.i386;1@nstar.UUCP> larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) writes:
>>You'll like it.  We get upwards of 1MB/sec (megaBYTE) through the file
>>system with this board..... with Maxtor 4380S drives.
>>
>>8760's are slightly slower (I know this doesn't make any sense).  There are
>
>How about Miniscribe 9380S drives?

They don't have read-ahead cache, from what I hear.

Thus, they are pitifully slow compared to the competition.  They may be
cheap, yes, but in this case you do get what you do (or don't) pay for!

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