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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!news.iag.net!trauma.rn.com!trauma.rn.com!not-for-mail From: larry@trauma.rn.com (Larry Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: SCSI diskIO Date: 23 Aug 1995 16:58:43 -0400 Organization: TraumaNet Lines: 21 Message-ID: <41g4q3$7m@trauma.rn.com> References: <417ee7$1kp@trauma.rn.com> <419qu5$r4q@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: rn.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.periphs.scsi:36161 comp.os.linux.hardware:14088 comp.os.linux.setup:18010 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:5014 In article <419qu5$r4q@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de>, J Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote: >news <news@trauma.rn.com> wrote: >>I can't decide on which controller to use. Is the 2940 my only option? >>I have access to an older 2940 (original one) however, I would like to >>know if there is a PCI SCSI host adapter for less money that runs faster >>than the 2940 under FreeBSD, Linux and DOS. > >Well, not faster, but almost at the same speed for very less bucks: >the NCR 52c810. I can easily suck 5 MB/s from a (not too fast) >Seagate disk over it, and 4.8 MB/s (each) when running two disks in >parallel. Ain't this enough for you? I've seen notes referencing that this host adapter requires a special ROM. I'm not quite sure if my PCI based Opti Motherboard will support it or not.. -- Larry Snyder larry@rn.com larry@iag.net Systems Administrator Internet Access Group, Inc Connecting Florida to the Internet 407-786-1145 / 800-380-4IAG * providing leased lines / dedicated / dialup / Web services / Consulting *