scsi card for dat drive on linux

[Tom Strickland]

In my previous post I mentioned that we're looking to get an HP
Surestore. The suppliers said that nothing less a rather expensive
Adaptec card would do. If we need to buy an expensive Ultra-Wide card,
we will. I would have thought that it was overkill for the speed that
such a drive can manage? Am I missing something? Are the lower priced
cards of such inferior quality that it would be a mistake to buy them?
BTW - no SCSI hard drives in use at the moment - cannot afford them.

thanks,

Tom