The Symbios Logic NCR-875 is quite impressive. I have an Antec external
enclosure housing five HP C2490A drives (LVD SCSI-3) on an array ribbon,
cable and terminator all from Cables To Go. Trying to attach a Dell
PERC2/SC in place of the NCR controller, the AMI MegaRAID BIOS freezes
at initialization, but if I replace the HP drives and CTG terminator
with a terminated Quantum W SCSI-3 it works fine (however the PERC
claims to have LVDS support with my BIOS revision). I've tried
replacing the external cable with a high-quality Belkin, but to no
avail. Unless I can turn up some solution soon, I'll probably stick
with my flawless NCR and resort to software RAID, leaving me with a $2K
paperweight that claimed to be an array controller...
--
Jeremy Stanley Trend CMHS
I.S.Network Engineer http://www.trendcmhs.org
The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily
represent those of Trend CMHS or Trend Foundation.
"I program my homecomputer; beam myself into
the future." --Kraftwerk, 1981
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> From: m.allan noah[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 2:08 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: aic7890 or 53c875?
>
>
> i have 875's 825's, 810's, and 896's and several aic788x boards. the
> adaptecs
>
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> my NCR's on the other hand, NEVER give me any trouble. even the
> ancient 810's
>
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