{"id":22094,"date":"1998-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1998-05-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=22094"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"recommended-scsi-cable-lengths","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/recommended-scsi-cable-lengths\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended SCSI Cable lengths."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211;  Maximum cable length for single ended slow SCSI is 6 meters.  &#8211;  For fast SCSI,  it should probably be half that &#8212; 3 meters.  &#8211;  For Ultra,  cut it in half again &#8212; 1.5 meters.  Keep in mind that this is maximum allowable cable length, and that includes everything within a drive enclosure or CPU that shares the same SCSI chain.  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