7 DATs, 2 SCS cards

[Derek Seaman]

I am going to be constructing a system with 7 HP C1599A 4mm DAT drives, 2
2940U SCSI cards, and 1 Seagate ST34572 HD and 1 Plextor 12/20x CD-ROM. The
DATs will all be on one card and the HD & CD-ROM will be on the other SCSI
card.

This system will be used to make tape copies which will be released to the
U.S. Navy Fleet, so system stability is an absolute must.

Does anyone see a problem with the above setup? The 7 DATs will be in an
external case using Granite Digial Teflon SCSI cables and terminators. I
spared no expense with cables and terminators. 

Which Kernel/SCSI rev. is the most stable in terms of SCSI drivers? This
system has to be rock solid. All 7 DAT will be used at once so the SCSI bus
will be QUITE busy.

Any comments would be greatly appreciated. The system will be running Red
Hat 5.0.




Derek L. Seaman, Engineer
SPAWAR System Center, San Diego
Tactical Cryptologic Systems, D7213
dseaman at spawar.navy.mil
Ph: (619) 553-6795
Fx: (619) 553-1133


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