Re: sharing SCSI disks

Dave Wreski (tel1dvw@is.ups.com)
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 21:40:45 -0500 (EST)


On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Alan Cox wrote:
> Now get the U-NET package of fast user space networking. Get the driver
> working with it and you have got host->host 40Mbyte/second networking with
> NO system call or interrupt overheads

Can I ask over what type of conduit you would do this with? A six-foot
scsi cable? Fiber? I understood that scsi couldn't handle long
distances.

Also, although the scsi bus does 40mbytes, aren't the devices typically
10mbytes max?

Dave