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jtroutma · 05-30-2003, 02:17 AM

When refering to the speed of the card, that is the MAXIMUM data transfer possible on a single chain at any one time. Hence both drives will have 160MBps available to both of them at any given time but if one drive is using up 50MBps, then the other one has only 110MBps for its operations.

I am guessing that you are going to be using Cheetah 15K.3 drives and if that is the case, you dont have to worry about your SCSI chain being the bottleneck. 15K.3 drives can put out between 45MBps - 75MBps streaming data each so you are within your chain limits. However, if you get that card, you will be limited by your PCI bus only able to deliver 133MBps at any one time.

Bottom line: it should work nicely.

05-30-2003, 02:17 AM	#9
jtroutma Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 837	When refering to the speed of the card, that is the MAXIMUM data transfer possible on a single chain at any one time. Hence both drives will have 160MBps available to both of them at any given time but if one drive is using up 50MBps, then the other one has only 110MBps for its operations. I am guessing that you are going to be using Cheetah 15K.3 drives and if that is the case, you dont have to worry about your SCSI chain being the bottleneck. 15K.3 drives can put out between 45MBps - 75MBps streaming data each so you are within your chain limits. However, if you get that card, you will be limited by your PCI bus only able to deliver 133MBps at any one time. Bottom line: it should work nicely. __________________ Athlon64 X2 4200+ @ 2.5Ghz (250FSB x 10) OCZ VX 1GB 4000 @ 250FSB (6-2-2-2 timmings) DFI LANParty nForce4 Ultra-D SCSI Raid 5 x (3) Cheetah 15K HDDs LSI Express 500 (128MB cache) OCZ PowerStream 520W PSU ATI X850XT PE (Stock) DTEK WhiteWater + DTEK Custom Radiator Eheim 1250