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Re: Which is better: DPT 2144UW or the BusLogic 958?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Johannes)
Thu Jul 10 01:03:39 1997
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 00:00:31 -0500 (CDT)
From: Robert Johannes <rjohanne@piper.hamline.edu>
To: Jeffrey Wiegley <wiegley@usc.edu>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <33C4275D.E870FF1B@usc.edu>
Here's what I think: I've not heard anything about the DPT support in
linux, but that's probably because I never looked at DPT products to begin
with. I've extensively looked at aha-2940 u/uw, and buslogic bt-948/958,
and so far I've liked the buslogic alot, for the following reasons:
support of the buslogic adapters is at its fullest, and thus performance
is also maximized, but that's not the case with the aha cards. I've
tested both cards under win95/dos, and the aha cards have caused more
conflicts, and I've not witnessed a single conflict yet from the buslogic
cards. At one time I was using a supermicro motherboard, stealth 3d 2000,
aha-2940u, and aha02910b (for cdwriter) and I kept getting a windows
protection error with drivers of the aha-2940u. I'm sure something like
that is least likely to happen in linux given its mastering power, but
several experiences like that with aha cards have made me very skeptical
of them. I don't think the price difference between the aha and
bt-948/958 justifies getting the ahas at all.
Of course by now you might already know that I'm advocating against the
aha cards, but it is your
final decision. I think ultimately when we talk of high performance in
linux we are talking of something that has guaranteed support and
reliability under linux, not something that might give you a headache
while you are trying to figure out what might have gone wrong this time.
Good luck
Robert
> I'm looking for a high performance Ultra/Wide controller.
> The list of available controllers looks to be:
> Mylex (BusLogic) 958
> DPT PM2144UW
> NCR53C875
> AHA-2940UW
