>
>I'm currently running a 918RX, 512Mb Memory.  We recently went from (3) 9G
>external drives (LDEV one running at 4 G of course) to a Nike Array.
>
>Unfortunately, due to a 100mb NIC card taking up one half of a slot, we
>couldn't't run a second FW SCSI card so we're running 8 LDEVS on the single
>FW SCSI card, and the performance has taken a hit.
>
>It's my understanding that the limit on a FW SCSI card is 4 drives, so I
>guess I could reconfigure the Nike for 4 LDEVS, converting the rest to 'hot
>spares.'  For a temporary fix.
>
Some comments:
The 918RX has 4 half high IO slots. The FW card takes two of these.

I  wouldn't bet that on a 918rx the 100mb Nic card is providing any
speed over the internal 10mb interface.
Thus, switching out the 100mb card for the second FW card may provide a
solution.
Also, I would look at the source of the IO. Several well known bugs in
the OS can cause large
amounts of IO activity. If the IO is aplication related, I would look at
repacking/capacity issues.

Cordially,
Mike Hornsby
Bechglen Development Inc.
513-922-0509

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