[4474] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Fast HD/Controller Recommendations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Waltham)
Wed Jul 29 19:04:50 1998
From: Richard Waltham <dormouse@farsrobt.demon.co.uk>
To: ehegstrom@agavesys.com
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 23:37:04 +0100 (BST)
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <35BF8C5C.DF713B19@agavesys.com> from "Eric Hegstrom" at Jul 29, 98 01:55:56 pm
Eric Hegstrom wrote:
>
> Hi all:
>
> I am looking for sugestions on a SCSI drive/controller combination that
> will give me the highest sustained transfer rate. I have heard the IBM
> Ultrastar 9LP will give a 15MB/sec sustained transfer rate. Has anyone
> had any experience with this animal? What about the 9ZX(17MB/sec STR),
> any users? I know these are available in both Ultra and Ultra-2. Is
> there an Ultra-2 controller that has a stable driver yet (I know the
> adaptec 7890 update to the aic7XXX driver is being tested but I am
> waiting on a kind-of final for it)?
>
> I am trying to avoid going to a RAID system but will if I have to (it
> would be RAID 0 since speed is our only concern).
>
> Any thoughts or ramblings would be welcome.
>
Symbios SYM8951U controller - Ultra 2 - and the ncrBsd2Linux driver
(ncr53c8xx v3.0g). I use it with both 2.0 and 2.1 kernels.
This controller is multimode - Ultra2 or single ended. I have been using one
for several months now but only single ended. They are, however, being used
with Ultra 2 drives by other people.
Can't help with the drives unfortunately. The U2 drives I want are over my
budget.:(
Richard.
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
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