[1571] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Which pci-scsi host adapter should I get?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Sapp)
Wed Mar 19 12:31:24 1997
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:02:34 -0600 (CST)
From: Matt Sapp <matt@manc.edu>
To: Robert Johannes <rjohanne@piper.hamline.edu>
cc: Edward Welbon <welbon@bga.com>, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95.970319081627.24756A-100000@kovalevskaya>
> I'm just getting into the scsi scene, but want some advice before I
> actually go out and look for a scsi host. I have an EIDE system right
> now, but I want to add a second drive, preferebly a removable one (I'm
> thinking of syquest's syjet, please let me know if you have any
> recommendations) attached to a PCI-SCSI host adapter. My question is
> which scsi host adapter to get, and which ones would be supported by linux
> drivers. Does linux support the fast wide scsi-II or the ultra wide ones
> at all? I would appreciate any advice.
I have an Adaptec 3840UW. It's an Ultra-Wide (40mb/sec) controller, and has
2 seperate channels. Up to 30 devices can be attached! At this moment, I
have 2 4.3GB Quantum Ultra-Wide drives, a HP SureStore Tape 6000, and a
iomega 1GB Jaz attached to it. They all work pretty much in harmony. It is
supported in Linux through the aic7xxx driver, and it works like a charm.
Never have had a SCSI controller related problem in the life of this
machine. The only other controller I would have like to get is the Adaptec
3985UW, It basically has 3 controllers in one, up to 45 devices.
Hope this is of use,
Matt
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