[1583] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Which pci-scsi host adapter should I get?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (art s. kagel IFMX x2697)
Fri Mar 21 10:42:59 1997
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 10:37:36 -0500 (EST)
From: "art s. kagel IFMX x2697" <kagel@dg1.bloomberg.com>
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>
Linux supports most major SCSI controllers SCSI-I -> SCSI-III Fast/Wide.
I have had Future Domain (RIP), NCR, and BusLogic and I have found the
BusLogic PCI SCSI-III Fast/Wide Bus Master controller to be extremely
fast and reliable. (My FD was ISA bus and Very slow as expected. The
NCR was PCI and apparently had a bad trace so I returned it and replaced
it with the BusLogic.)
The driver support for the BusLogic is great with the BusLogic people
directly supporting the maintainer with new products and specs. Also all
BusLogic controllers are driver compatible so that the driver is simple
and supports new controllers quickly. BusLogic even lists Linux support
in their docs and Web pages.
Art S. Kagel, kagel@ts1.bloomberg.com
On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Robert Johannes wrote:
> Hello,
> 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.
>
> thanks
>
> robert johannes
>
>
