i also recommend adaptec cards. as well as mylex cards. a recent
scsi story of mine is that the abit ka7 athlon boards were incapatible
with my older buslogic (now mylex) scsi adapter. my buslogic adapater
is still very high-quality, but the support engineer said that he
sadly had to say that adaptec cards are the only ones they tested.
spend the money on an adaptec and i doubt you'll be sorry.
also make sure you terminate the scsi bus!
Justin Ryan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > I'm thinking about building a new machine soon and might delve into the
> > realm of scsi. The only problem is I don't know a Pinto from a Ferrari
> > when it comes to adapters. What's the best? What's the best balance of
> > performance/price? And most importantly, what won't give me an ulser when
> > I try to set it up in Linux? Danke.
>
> Adaptec cards are always good, there aer several other common/popular
> brands that are well-supported by linux as well, but I can't remember the
> name :) Initio adapters are essentially (meant to be) adaptec clones (but
> have their own native drivers for linux). Other than that, do a make
> menuconfig on the latest kernel and browse the scsi support. Might also
> want to look at 2.4 and see if its' list is different - the next
> generation is around the corner ;p
>
> One thing to (maybe) take into consideration, is that (according to
> adaptec's website) if you have two scsi controllers, from different
> manufacturers (chipset, not card), you won't be able to read drives
> formatted using one with the other. This may be important if you're like
> me and swap drives between systems regularly (or use system #1 to repair
> system #2's drive). I don't know if this is still an issue, all of the
> other manuf's may use the same translation algorithms as adaptec, I've
> never had a non-adaptec card and an adaptec card at the same time, or used
> them with the same drive - I saw it on their FAQ page the other day, so it
> seems worth mentioning.
>
> If you want to get started w/ SCSI quick there's a place up in leander
> (way up 183, slightly N of cedar park, ~45m from UT) called warehouse
> 2000, they have a website at www.used-pcs.com. They have tons of older
> pentium, pentium pro, and pentium 2 systems, some with SCSI and some
> without. I picked up a pair of ppro 200's for just over $400, both with
> adaptec 2940UW cards and respectable drives (2GB and 4GB). I ripped the
> card+controller from one and swapped it with the ide drive from a faster
> machine - instant scsi ;p Buying a scsi card + drive will run you almost
> as much as this, but you get a bonus machine for a firewall, nameserver,
> fileserver, test box, whatever. Most of what they have is end-of-lease
> stuff, w/ a 30-day warranty.. pretty schweet (I had some hw failures, but
> took em back and had em fixed, no probs now). It's kind of a hassle to
> get up there, but imho worth it..
>
> later
>
> -Justin
>
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