https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/scsi-cable-length-vs-speed/m-p/2638769#M3702 no ! lvd scsi (ultra2, ultra3) will run at full speed even across 12 meter (40 feet) cales !! <BR /> <BR />ernesto from germany. <BR /> <BR />if you heve performance problems you probably have not the required high number of disk drives (very important for random i/o as in data bases) or a raid configuration that does not reflect your expectations (e.g. raid5 write performance is quite mediocre - which is a problem of raid 5 and not ogf the hw you use) <BR /> <BR />ernesto from germany Tue, 15 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT Ayman Altounji 2002-01-15T00:00:00Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/scsi-cable-length-vs-speed/m-p/2638768#M3701 our 5304/128 controller is talking to storage works 4354r cabinets with 36gb ultra3 15k drives......the scsi cables that we received are 12footers... <BR />will we get any performance improvements with shorter cables??? Fri, 04 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/scsi-cable-length-vs-speed/m-p/2638768#M3701 Ayman Altounji 2002-01-04T00:00:00Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/scsi-cable-length-vs-speed/m-p/2638769#M3702 no ! lvd scsi (ultra2, ultra3) will run at full speed even across 12 meter (40 feet) cales !! <BR /> <BR />ernesto from germany. <BR /> <BR />if you heve performance problems you probably have not the required high number of disk drives (very important for random i/o as in data bases) or a raid configuration that does not reflect your expectations (e.g. raid5 write performance is quite mediocre - which is a problem of raid 5 and not ogf the hw you use) <BR /> <BR />ernesto from germany Tue, 15 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/scsi-cable-length-vs-speed/m-p/2638769#M3702 Ayman Altounji 2002-01-15T00:00:00Z