[2869] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Recommendations for SCSI Host ... ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kurt Garloff)
Wed Nov 26 19:05:53 1997
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 00:53:13 +0100 (CET)
From: Kurt Garloff <garloff@kg1.ping.de>
To: rstagg@cscmail.csc.com
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <8025655A.003984D8.00@cscmail.csc.com>
On Tue, 25 Nov 1997 rstagg@cscmail.csc.com wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> After a negative experience with an Adaptec and a CD - Writer (anyone want
> a large gold coffee mat?) I have decided to head down the Buslogic route
> (following many positive comments from the newsgroups).
>
> Before I buy, are there negative/positive comments about these Hosts? I'm
> planning on ordering a Mylex BT-958 (PCI wide ultrascsi). This card will
> be handling a Matshita CD, Yamaha CDR100 CD writer, and two Quantum
> Fireball 4.3Gb drives. I'm also planning on an Iomega Zip drive. Any
> caveats with that bunch?
Some problems might have been due to your Quantum Harddisks. There are
firmware problems on some of it. (Tagged Command Queueing is one of the
erroneous features.)
Maybe you can check it out with another SCSI host adpater of a friend. It
should support Tagged Command Queueing.
Kurt Garloff, Dortmund
<K.Garloff@ping.de>
