[1380] in Release_7.7_team
Re: Which SCSI card for U5/U10
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (my iniquities have overtaken me)
Wed Jul 22 23:20:31 1998
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 21:53:24 -0400
To: Bill Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
From: my iniquities have overtaken me <mbarker@MIT.EDU>
Cc: release-team@MIT.EDU, miki@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <IphZoqkGgE6gQZr_p3@mit.edu>
Buy it! the adaptec...
mike
At 05:44 PM 7/22/98 -0400, Bill Cattey wrote:
:)I'll order a SCSI card so that it will be here when we have a chance to
:)begin testing.
:)
:)Which one should I order?
:)The choices are:
:)
:)"SunSwift PCI 1.0" X1032A (ultra-wide SCSI, 10/100 Ethernet)
:)Sun: X1032A 995.00 A Opt int PCI 10/100BaseT NIC
:)Our cost: ~$597
:)
:)single-ended, dual channel Ultra SCSI card
:)Sun: X6540A 750.00 A Opt int PCI UltraSCSI SE Card
:)Our cost: $450
:)
:)Adaptec 2940UW/OF
:)NECX: 123423
:)Our cost: $308.40 + $8.95 s&h
:)
:)I propose to order the Adaptec. (Dennis Aylward tells me that's what
:)Sun uses inside the Ultra 450.
:)
:)The X6540, though it has a Sun part number, apparently is a Third party
:)card as well.
:)
:)My rationale for proposing to buy the Adaptec is: Sun says it works,
:)and uses it internally. It is the least expensive card. Let's take
:)advantage of the PC nature of the Ultra, and offer the LOW cost option
:)as the Tested, Supported, SCSI support for the Ultra-5 and Ultra-10.
:)
:)-wdc
:)
