[Pc_Support] Re: LUNA: Re: 68-pin SCSI card for Linux box .... -- i865/875 = desktop (not workstation/server)

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 23:57 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> OK .... so for an LTO-1, on an *IDLE* system (1:45 AM, nobody logged
> on) working alone (*not* across an NIC), I should be AOK, oui ?

Yes.  In most cases, you'll be "okay," but you'll have some stream
delays, performance issues, etc...  As far as I know, LTO drives
dynamically reduce their linear speed to make up for starved data
streams with negligible additional wear on the head/cartridge.


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