[4906] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Which SCSI board ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthias Andree)
Thu Oct 15 18:35:47 1998
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 10:51:12 +0200
From: Matthias Andree <mandree@sx1.HRZ.Uni-Dortmund.DE>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Cc: ik5pvx@penny.ik5pvx.ampr.org
Mail-Followup-To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu, ik5pvx@penny.ik5pvx.ampr.org
In-Reply-To: <874st7xywv.fsf@penny.ik5pvx.ampr.org>; from Pierfrancesco Caci on Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 11:42:24AM +0200
On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 11:42:24AM +0200, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
>
> I'm planning to build an alpha based linux machine in the near future.
> I'll start buying a scsi controller to put on my pentium, but I want
> it to be good, supported and working on an alpha pc.
>
> What do you suggest ?
I have no experience with Alpha-based systems, but the Tekram DC-390 U
(PCI to Fast-20 "Narrow Ultra" SCSI, Symbios SYM53C875 based, Linux
driver is NCR53C8XX) is quite cheap yet reilable for me, with an x86
machine; in contrast to an Adaptec 2842VL which has proven quite
unstable, especially with tagged command queueing. I've had no chance,
however, to verify these tagged command queueing (TCQ for short) issues
(Micropolis Tomahawk 4345WS failed with TCQ enabled at the Adaptec with
TCQ, but TCQ is fine with the Tekram) with the new 5.1.2+ driver versions
of AIC7XXX.
--
Matthias Andree
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