Old Compaq Proliant 800 - Upgradeable & if so how ?

[JohnWRuffo]

Thank you for the complement (/smile)

You are not a bother, ever... the only dumb question is the one not asked. Feel free to post any request you need an answer to. (the answer is 42)

I am glad I could help you!

G'luck! -john

[WP_1]

Well, it's been a while but I now have Win 2K running on my machine and all appears to be well. I have loaded the Compaq Array Configuration (cp001954) v2.90a and I have a question. Running from windows, under the controller settings I see the Accelerator Ratio says total memory 6144 kb and 100% of it is allocated to the read cache. Is this typical? The reason I ask is copying files to this server is noticeably slower than copying between my two other machines. All machines are 100 baseT, full duplex. I though the SCSI system would fly but it is slower than my IDE systems. My thought was write caching may help speed it up.

Any suggestions to look at for increasing performance?

Thank You!

[JohnWRuffo]

Take a look at your SMART-2SL Controller. It does not have a battery attached to it.
http://partsurfer.hp.com/cgi-bin/spi/showphoto?partnumber=242777-001

The write cache priority cannot be set for a SmartArray controller if the battery is discharged or missing. The 2SL does not have a battery, so ACU cannot change the cache ratio.
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/supportinformation/papers/tc020202tb_rev0_us.pdf