SUMMARY SCSI 2 Devices on Ultra with Fast/Wide

John W. Funk (jwf@ccuc.on.ca)
Thu, 15 May 1997 11:33:50 -0400

Many thanks to the following for quick replies. I was slow to
summarize because I just completed the test of access speed.

Rudy Yu <ryu@anthem.com>
Brion Leary <brion@dia.state.ma.us>
Jim Harmon <jharmon@telecnnct.com>
Glenn Satchell glenn@uniq.com.au

Original question, summarized is this: "Will the entire SCSI bus
performance be affected by a normal SCSI-2 device on the FAST/WIDE
SCSI bus on an Ultra?"

3 respondents said the controller negotiates each devices seperately,
1 respondent said the whole bus would slow down to the lowest.

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/scsi-faq/top.html
is a site with many Q/A about scsi, and it seems to agree with the 3
respondents above, provided the slowest are on the END of the chain.

A quick test was performed, and it seems to support the majority.
Sorry to alarm those of you already doing this.

Thanks again,
jwf