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Re: Any preferences for PCI SCSI controllers? Or is this a religious issue?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gerard Roudier)
Tue Jan 28 16:10:40 1997
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 22:02:17 +0000 (GMT)
From: Gerard Roudier <groudier@club-internet.fr>
To: kagel@dg1.bloomberg.com
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <9701272156.AA12488@quasar.bloomberg.com >
On Mon, 27 Jan 1997 kagel@quasar.bloomberg.com wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jan 1997 kagel@quasar.bloomberg.com wrote:
>
> >
> > I had a Tyan 1365 (NCR825) Wide SCSI controller which was working OK but it
> > seems to have a cold lead somewhere and I will be exchanging it with the
> > dealer. I have the opportunity to upgrade now to an ULTRA-WIDE controller.
> > Does anyone have any strong recommendations for or against the:
> >
> > ADAPTEC 2940UW
> > BUSLOGIC BT-958
> >
> > Are there drivers for these available (I will hunt myself but I may miss it
> > so if anyone knows definitively either way)?
> >
> > Can the driver handle a root partition on SCSI ID 1 (my MS-DOS C: drive is on
> > drive ID 0 so...)?
>
> If you have only fast scsi-2 devices or less than 2 Ultra (Wide) disk I will
> recommend you to not buy a new controller for the moment.
>
> Gerard.
>
> Please elaborate. Why not? BTW, I do not have much choice. The card I have
> locks up after a few hours use (in both Linux and DOS) and cannot be used until
> it has cooled down. I am seriously concerned about unflushed caches, etc. and
> I have a project for my kids' school that has to get done or their biggest fund-
> raiser of the year will be a big flop.
I used a TYAN S1365 (825 rev 2) six months without problem.
Since 2 months I use a Promise SCSI Ultra (875 rev 3) and no problem
so far.
In my opinion, the source of your problem is not due to the design of
the TYAN board, but:
- It is perhaps broken, and you can just exchange it for another one.
- Your box is not correctly cooled and you will perhaps have same
problem with a different board.
- Or the problem is elsewhere...
The scsi board I prefer is obviously the one I bought.
Unfortunately for you, it is not in your wishing list. :-)
In any case, being given that boards you mention have about same
performance and very similar prices (at least in France), you should
base your decision on driver maturity.
Gerard.
