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Novell NetWare Installation
Optimizing Performance
The Adaptec 7800 Family SCSI Bus Master firmware increases the SCSI
performance of the Adaptec 7800 Family host adapters under multitasking
environments. The firmware uses a paging mechanism to handle up to 255
simultaneous SCSI commands. The sequencer can simultaneously manage
up to 128 tagged, or 1 nontagged, SCSI commands for each SCSI device,
up to a limit of 255 SCSI commands. The firmware can queue as many
commands as the operating system is able to send to the host adapter. To set
this feature, enter the following command:
max_tags=
n
In general, a low number of max_tags gives better sequential performance,
and a high number a better random performance.
Note:
A large number of max_tags can also cause starvation
problems leading to deactivations with some drives.
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